SmogRank / Germany / Hesse / Wetzlar
Wetzlar, month by month
Wetzlar has a measured daily mean on 706 days since 1 February 2024. Its worst month was February 2025, at 77 US AQI (23.3 µg/m³), 340th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was May 2026, at 28 US AQI (5.1 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
9 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 17 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 13 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 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2024 | 1 of 29 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 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.
Wetzlar's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 7723.3 µg/m³ | 340thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| January 2026 | 6918.5 µg/m³ | 530thof 2,617 | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| March 2025 | 6416.0 µg/m³ | 860thof 2,862 | Europe, March 2025 Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025and 1 more |
| November 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 703rdof 2,715 | Europe, 22 to 23 November 2025 |
| December 2025 | 5812.6 µg/m³ | 905thof 3,006 | – |
| March 2026 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 1,234thof 2,971 | – |
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.
Wetzlar's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 2026 | 13448.8 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 13248.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 12745.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 11 Mar 2025 | 11741.8 µg/m³ | Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025 |
| 9 Feb 2025 | 11139.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 10035.3 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 5 Feb 2025 | 9934.9 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2026 | 9834.2 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | 9733.9 µg/m³ | Europe, January and February 2026 |
| 21 Jan 2025 | 9633.4 µg/m³ | Germany, France and 19 more countries, January 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Feb 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, Wetzlar, Germany, 1 Feb 2024 – 11 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/de/wetzlar/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Wetzlar now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 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).