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Most polluted cities in Germany

146 measured cities, last 24 hours; 17 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Nuremberg at 21.8 µg/m³, #58 in the world.

Schleswig-Holstein: 2 measured citiesBrandenburg: 16 measured citiesMecklenburg-VorpommernSaxonySaxony-Anhalt: 14 measured citiesThuringia: 8 measured citiesState of BerlinBavaria: 22 measured citiesRheinland-Pfalz: 9 measured citiesSaarlandLower Saxony: 22 measured citiesNorth Rhine-Westphalia: 1 measured cityBaden-Wurttemberg: 26 measured citiesBremen: 2 measured citiesHamburg: 1 measured cityHesse: 18 measured cities#146 Königstein im Taunus: 4.3 µg/m³#145 Müllheim: 4.7 µg/m³#144 Netphen: 5.0 µg/m³#143 Freiburg: 5.1 µg/m³#142 Jülich: 6.0 µg/m³#141 Pulheim: 6.2 µg/m³#140 Jüchen: 6.4 µg/m³#138 Rinteln: 6.6 µg/m³#139 Bad Wildungen: 6.6 µg/m³#137 Baden-Baden: 6.7 µg/m³#136 Bendorf: 7.0 µg/m³#133 Unna: 7.2 µg/m³#134 Ratingen: 7.2 µg/m³#135 Lüdenscheid: 7.2 µg/m³#130 Witzenhausen: 7.3 µg/m³#131 Uslar: 7.3 µg/m³#132 Bielefeld: 7.3 µg/m³#128 Olpe: 7.7 µg/m³#129 Krefeld: 7.7 µg/m³#127 Köln: 7.8 µg/m³#125 Würzburg: 8.0 µg/m³#126 Trier: 8.0 µg/m³#123 Leverkusen: 8.1 µg/m³#124 Düsseldorf: 8.1 µg/m³#122 Duisburg: 8.2 µg/m³#117 Osnabrück: 8.3 µg/m³#118 Lünen: 8.3 µg/m³#119 Lingen: 8.3 µg/m³#120 Kehl: 8.3 µg/m³#121 Riedstadt: 8.3 µg/m³#116 Bremen: 8.6 µg/m³#113 Lübeck: 8.7 µg/m³#114 Hildesheim: 8.7 µg/m³#115 Darmstadt: 8.7 µg/m³#110 Kiel: 8.8 µg/m³#111 Bremerhaven: 8.8 µg/m³#112 Aschaffenburg: 8.8 µg/m³#108 Rüsselsheim am Main: 8.9 µg/m³#109 Essen: 8.9 µg/m³#107 Bad Kreuznach: 9.0 µg/m³#106 Bottrop: 9.1 µg/m³#104 Wernigerode: 9.2 µg/m³#105 Göttingen: 9.2 µg/m³#101 Villingen-Schwenningen: 9.5 µg/m³#102 Schwerte: 9.5 µg/m³#103 Marburg an der Lahn: 9.5 µg/m³#98 Hattersheim: 9.6 µg/m³#99 Cuxhaven: 9.6 µg/m³#100 Buxtehude: 9.6 µg/m³#97 Hannover: 9.7 µg/m³#96 Limburg an der Lahn: 9.8 µg/m³#95 Karlsruhe: 10.0 µg/m³#93 Wuppertal: 10.1 µg/m³#94 Michelstadt: 10.1 µg/m³#92 Münster: 10.2 µg/m³#91 Lüneburg: 10.4 µg/m³#89 Wetzlar: 10.5 µg/m³#90 Walsrode: 10.5 µg/m³#87 Freilassing: 10.6 µg/m³#88 Frankfurt am Main: 10.6 µg/m³#86 Duderstadt: 10.7 µg/m³#84 Kempten (Allgäu): 10.8 µg/m³#85 Dortmund: 10.8 µg/m³#79 Mannheim: 10.9 µg/m³#80 Ludwigshafen am Rhein: 10.9 µg/m³#81 Lampertheim: 10.9 µg/m³#82 Hanau am Main: 10.9 µg/m³#83 Großostheim: 10.9 µg/m³#78 Emden: 11.0 µg/m³#76 Worms: 11.1 µg/m³#77 Hagen: 11.1 µg/m³#75 Braunschweig: 11.2 µg/m³#71 Meiningen: 11.3 µg/m³#72 Gelsenkirchen: 11.3 µg/m³#73 Friesoythe: 11.3 µg/m³#74 Eschborn: 11.3 µg/m³#70 Hansestadt Salzwedel: 11.6 µg/m³#68 Halberstadt: 11.7 µg/m³#69 Cottbus: 11.7 µg/m³#63 Zeitz: 11.8 µg/m³#64 Strausberg: 11.8 µg/m³#65 Kaiserslautern: 11.8 µg/m³#66 Frankfurt (Oder): 11.8 µg/m³#67 Filderstadt: 11.8 µg/m³#57 Wolfsburg: 11.9 µg/m³#58 Weimar: 11.9 µg/m³#59 Pforzheim: 11.9 µg/m³#60 Luckenwalde: 11.9 µg/m³#61 Falkensee: 11.9 µg/m³#62 Eisenach: 11.9 µg/m³#55 Lubnjow: 12.0 µg/m³#56 Erfurt: 12.0 µg/m³#53 Köthen: 12.1 µg/m³#54 Hamburg: 12.1 µg/m³#49 Wittenberge: 12.2 µg/m³#50 Wismar: 12.2 µg/m³#51 Stuttgart: 12.2 µg/m³#52 Starnberg: 12.2 µg/m³#48 Altenburg: 12.3 µg/m³#47 Stendal: 12.4 µg/m³#45 Merseburg: 12.6 µg/m³#46 Koblenz: 12.6 µg/m³#43 Jena: 12.7 µg/m³#44 Berlin: 12.7 µg/m³#40 Suhl: 12.8 µg/m³#41 Güstrow: 12.8 µg/m³#42 Fulda: 12.8 µg/m³#39 Tübingen: 12.9 µg/m³#36 Schwäbisch Hall: 13.0 µg/m³#37 Neu-Ulm: 13.0 µg/m³#38 Kassel: 13.0 µg/m³#32 Weißenfels: 13.5 µg/m³#33 Reutlingen: 13.5 µg/m³#34 Marktredwitz: 13.5 µg/m³#35 Wittenberg: 13.5 µg/m³#31 Bernburg: 13.6 µg/m³#29 Oranienburg: 13.7 µg/m³#30 Biberach an der Riß: 13.7 µg/m³#27 Magdeburg: 13.9 µg/m³#28 Füssen: 13.9 µg/m³#26 Kelheim: 14.1 µg/m³#25 Potsdam: 14.2 µg/m³#24 Brandenburg an der Havel: 14.3 µg/m³#23 Bitterfeld-Wolfen: 14.4 µg/m³#22 Halle (Saale): 14.6 µg/m³#21 Stralsund: 14.7 µg/m³#20 Lauda-Königshofen: 14.8 µg/m³#18 Konstanz: 14.9 µg/m³#19 Friedrichshafen: 14.9 µg/m³#15 Rostock: 15.2 µg/m³#16 Passau: 15.2 µg/m³#17 Ansbach: 15.2 µg/m³#14 Königs Wusterhausen: 15.3 µg/m³#13 Gera: 15.4 µg/m³#12 Neubrandenburg: 15.5 µg/m³#11 Traunreut: 15.6 µg/m³#10 Burghausen: 15.8 µg/m³#9 Heilbronn: 16.1 µg/m³#8 Augsburg: 16.3 µg/m³#6 Teltow: 16.5 µg/m³#7 Ludwigsburg: 16.5 µg/m³#5 Nauen: 16.8 µg/m³#4 Ingolstadt: 17.1 µg/m³#3 Munich: 18.2 µg/m³#2 Landshut: 21.5 µg/m³#1 Nuremberg: 21.8 µg/m³
Each dot is a measured city, coloured by its PM2.5; tap a dot to open the city, or a region to zoom in.
← Nuremberg 21.8 WHO 24-hour guideline
Every measured city in Germany, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1NurembergBavaria 21.81.5×
  2. 2LandshutBavaria 21.51.4×
  3. 3MunichBavaria 18.21.2×
  4. 4IngolstadtBavaria 17.11.1×
  5. 5NauenBrandenburg 16.81.1×
  6. 6TeltowBrandenburg 16.51.1×
  7. 7LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg 16.51.1×
  8. 8AugsburgBavaria 16.31.1×
  9. 9HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg 16.11.1×
  10. 10BurghausenBavaria 15.81.1×
  11. 11TraunreutBavaria 15.61.0×
  12. 12NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern 15.51.0×
  13. 13GeraThuringia 15.41.0×
  14. 14Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg 15.31.0×
  15. 15RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern 15.21.0×
  16. 16PassauBavaria 15.21.0×
  17. 17AnsbachBavaria 15.21.0×
  18. 18KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg 14.91.0×
  19. 19FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg 14.91.0×
  20. 20Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg 14.81.0×
  21. 21StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern 14.71.0×
  22. 22Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt 14.61.0×
  23. 23Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt 14.41.0×
  24. 24Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg 14.31.0×
  25. 25PotsdamBrandenburg 14.20.9×
  26. 26KelheimBavaria 14.10.9×
  27. 27MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt 13.90.9×
  28. 28Füssenlow-cost sensorsBavaria 13.90.9×
  29. 29OranienburgBrandenburg 13.70.9×
  30. 30Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg 13.70.9×
  31. 31BernburgSaxony-Anhalt 13.60.9×
  32. 32WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt 13.50.9×
  33. 33ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg 13.50.9×
  34. 34MarktredwitzBavaria 13.50.9×
  35. 35WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt 13.50.9×
  36. 36Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg 13.00.9×
  37. 37Neu-UlmBavaria 13.00.9×
  38. 38KasselHesse 13.00.9×
  39. 39TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg 12.90.9×
  40. 40SuhlThuringia 12.80.9×
  41. 41GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern 12.80.9×
  42. 42FuldaHesse 12.80.9×
  43. 43JenaThuringia 12.70.8×
  44. 44BerlinState of Berlin 12.70.8×
  45. 45MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt 12.60.8×
  46. 46KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz 12.60.8×
  47. 47StendalSaxony-Anhalt 12.40.8×
  48. 48AltenburgThuringia 12.30.8×
  49. 49WittenbergeBrandenburg 12.20.8×
  50. 50WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern 12.20.8×
  51. 51StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg 12.20.8×
  52. 52StarnbergBavaria 12.20.8×
  53. 53KöthenSaxony-Anhalt 12.10.8×
  54. 54HamburgHamburg 12.10.8×
  55. 55LubnjowBrandenburg 12.00.8×
  56. 56ErfurtThuringia 12.00.8×
  57. 57WolfsburgLower Saxony 11.90.8×
  58. 58WeimarThuringia 11.90.8×
  59. 59PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg 11.90.8×
  60. 60LuckenwaldeBrandenburg 11.90.8×
  61. 61FalkenseeBrandenburg 11.90.8×
  62. 62EisenachThuringia 11.90.8×
  63. 63ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt 11.80.8×
  64. 64StrausbergBrandenburg 11.80.8×
  65. 65KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz 11.80.8×
  66. 66Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg 11.80.8×
  67. 67FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg 11.80.8×
  68. 68HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt 11.70.8×
  69. 69CottbusBrandenburg 11.70.8×
  70. 70Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt 11.60.8×
  71. 71MeiningenThuringia 11.30.8×
  72. 72GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 11.30.8×
  73. 73FriesoytheLower Saxony 11.30.8×
  74. 74EschbornHesse 11.30.8×
  75. 75BraunschweigLower Saxony 11.20.7×
  76. 76WormsRheinland-Pfalz 11.10.7×
  77. 77HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 11.10.7×
  78. 78EmdenLower Saxony 11.00.7×
  79. 79MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg 10.90.7×
  80. 80Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz 10.90.7×
  81. 81LampertheimHesse 10.90.7×
  82. 82Hanau am MainHesse 10.90.7×
  83. 83GroßostheimBavaria 10.90.7×
  84. 84Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria 10.80.7×
  85. 85DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia 10.80.7×
  86. 86DuderstadtLower Saxony 10.70.7×
  87. 87FreilassingBavaria 10.60.7×
  88. 88Frankfurt am MainHesse 10.60.7×
  89. 89WetzlarHesse 10.50.7×
  90. 90WalsrodeLower Saxony 10.50.7×
  91. 91LüneburgLower Saxony 10.40.7×
  92. 92MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia 10.20.7×
  93. 93WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia 10.10.7×
  94. 94MichelstadtHesse 10.10.7×
  95. 95KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg 10.00.7×
  96. 96Limburg an der LahnHesse 9.80.7×
  97. 97HannoverLower Saxony 9.70.6×
  98. 98HattersheimHesse 9.60.6×
  99. 99CuxhavenLower Saxony 9.60.6×
  100. 100BuxtehudeLower Saxony 9.60.6×
  101. 101Villingen-SchwenningenBaden-Wurttemberg 9.50.6×
  102. 102SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia 9.50.6×
  103. 103Marburg an der LahnHesse 9.50.6×
  104. 104WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt 9.20.6×
  105. 105GöttingenLower Saxony 9.20.6×
  106. 106BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia 9.10.6×
  107. 107Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz 9.00.6×
  108. 108Rüsselsheim am MainHesse 8.90.6×
  109. 109EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 8.90.6×
  110. 110KielSchleswig-Holstein 8.80.6×
  111. 111BremerhavenBremen 8.80.6×
  112. 112AschaffenburgBavaria 8.80.6×
  113. 113LübeckSchleswig-Holstein 8.70.6×
  114. 114HildesheimLower Saxony 8.70.6×
  115. 115DarmstadtHesse 8.70.6×
  116. 116BremenBremen 8.60.6×
  117. 117OsnabrückLower Saxony 8.30.6×
  118. 118LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 8.30.6×
  119. 119LingenLower Saxony 8.30.6×
  120. 120KehlBaden-Wurttemberg 8.30.6×
  121. 121RiedstadtHesse 8.30.6×
  122. 122DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia 8.20.5×
  123. 123LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 8.10.5×
  124. 124DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia 8.10.5×
  125. 125WürzburgBavaria 8.00.5×
  126. 126TrierRheinland-Pfalz 8.00.5×
  127. 127KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.80.5×
  128. 128Olpelow-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.70.5×
  129. 129KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.70.5×
  130. 130WitzenhausenHesse 7.30.5×
  131. 131UslarLower Saxony 7.30.5×
  132. 132BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.30.5×
  133. 133UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.20.5×
  134. 134RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.20.5×
  135. 135LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia 7.20.5×
  136. 136BendorfRheinland-Pfalz 7.00.5×
  137. 137Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg 6.70.4×
  138. 138RintelnLower Saxony 6.60.4×
  139. 139Bad WildungenHesse 6.60.4×
  140. 140JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 6.40.4×
  141. 141PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia 6.20.4×
  142. 142JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia 6.00.4×
  143. 143FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg 5.10.3×
  144. 144NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia 5.00.3×
  145. 145MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg 4.70.3×
  146. 146Königstein im TaunusHesse 4.30.3×
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Germany cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Dresden≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Leipzig≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Bochum≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Chemnitz≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Hamm≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Mülheim≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Herne≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Solingen≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Neuss≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate
Regensburg≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Paderborn≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Fürth≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Recklinghausen≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Offenbach≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Remscheid≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Siegen≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Bergisch Gladbach≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Moers≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Erlangen≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Zwickau≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Gütersloh≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Düren≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Esslingen≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Iserlohn≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Witten≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Marl≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Velbert≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Minden≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Norderstedt≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Neumünster≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Dorsten≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Castrop-Rauxel≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Rheine≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Viersen≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Gladbeck≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Arnsberg≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Troisdorf≈ 9 µg/m³Good
Wattenscheid≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Bocholt≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Detmold≈ 8 µg/m³Good

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Germany, PM2.5, last 24 hours to 2 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC, smogrank.com/de.

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Baden-Wurttemberg 26Bavaria 22Brandenburg 16Bremen 2Hamburg 1Hesse 18Lower Saxony 22North Rhine-Westphalia 1Rheinland-Pfalz 9Saxony-Anhalt 14Schleswig-Holstein 2Thuringia 8

Measured cities in each region (30 days).

Updated 2026-10-02 01:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.