SmogRank / Germany / Saarland / Völklingen
Völklingen, month by month
Völklingen has a measured daily mean on 661 days since 1 June 2024. Its worst month was February 2025, at 68 US AQI (18.0 µg/m³), 695th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2025, at 26 US AQI (4.6 µg/m³).
Every month since 2024
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
7 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 5 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2026 | 9 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 18 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jun 2026 | 14 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Völklingen's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 6818.0 µg/m³ | 695thof 2,633 | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2026 | 6315.8 µg/m³ | 707thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| January 2025 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 710thof 2,474 | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Europe, January 2025 |
| March 2025 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 1,208thof 2,862 | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| March 2026 | 5712.2 µg/m³ | 1,175thof 2,971 | – |
| December 2025 | 5310.3 µg/m³ | 1,268thof 3,006 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Völklingen's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2026 | 16372.3 µg/m³ | Germany, Belgium and 2 more countries, August 2026 |
| 25 Jan 2026 | 12244.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 11039.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 20 Jan 2025 | 11039.0 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 10537.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 4 Feb 2025 | 9733.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 19 Jan 2025 | 9633.3 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 9331.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 9331.5 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 15 Jan 2025 | 8828.9 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 Europe, January 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jun 2024; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Völklingen, Germany, 1 Jun 2024 – 10 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/voelklingen/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Völklingen now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 04:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).