Most polluted cities in Germany

148 measured cities ranked by PM2.5, last 30 days. Worst: Passau at 8.8 µg/m³, #503 in the world.

#	City	µg/m³
1	Passau Bavaria	8.8
2	Lindau Bavaria	8.5
3	Augsburg Bavaria	8.5
4	Munich Bavaria	8.3
5	Würzburg Bavaria	8.2
6	Neu-Ulm Bavaria	8.1
7	Ludwigshafen am Rhein Rheinland-Pfalz	8.1
8	Kelheim Bavaria	8.1
9	Burghausen Bavaria	7.8
10	Aschaffenburg Bavaria	7.8
11	Friesoythe Lower Saxony	7.7
12	Oldenburg Lower Saxony	7.6
13	Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg	7.4
14	Worms Rheinland-Pfalz	7.3
15	Nuremberg Bavaria	7.3
16	Hamburg Hamburg	7.2
17	Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg	7.1
18	Trier Rheinland-Pfalz	7.1
19	Traunreut Bavaria	7.1
20	Kempten (Allgäu) Bavaria	7.0
21	Ludwigsburg Baden-Wurttemberg	6.9
22	Ingolstadt Bavaria	6.9
23	Friedrichshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	6.8
24	Emden Lower Saxony	6.8
25	Mühlhausen Thuringia	6.7
26	Konstanz Baden-Wurttemberg	6.7
27	Neuwied Rheinland-Pfalz	6.6
28	Kassel Hesse	6.6
29	Kaiserslautern Rheinland-Pfalz	6.6
30	Oranienburg Brandenburg	6.5
31	Lampertheim Hesse	6.5
32	Heilbronn Baden-Wurttemberg	6.5
33	Biberach an der Riß Baden-Wurttemberg	6.5
34	Speyer Rheinland-Pfalz	6.4
35	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg	6.4
36	Frankfurt (Oder) Brandenburg	6.4
37	Wernigerode Saxony-Anhalt	6.3
38	Tübingen Baden-Wurttemberg	6.3
39	Pforzheim Baden-Wurttemberg	6.3
40	Nauen Brandenburg	6.3
41	Koblenz Rheinland-Pfalz	6.3
42	Ansbach Bavaria	6.3
43	Weiden Bavaria	6.2
44	Potsdam Brandenburg	6.2
45	Osnabrück Lower Saxony	6.2
46	Marktredwitz Bavaria	6.2
47	Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt	6.2
48	Kehl Baden-Wurttemberg	6.2
49	Eschborn Hesse	6.2
50	Bernau bei Berlin Brandenburg	6.2
51	Wittenberg Saxony-Anhalt	6.2
52	Blankenfelde-Mahlow Brandenburg	6.2
53	Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg	6.1
54	Dessau Saxony-Anhalt	6.1
55	Cuxhaven Lower Saxony	6.1
56	Buxtehude Lower Saxony	6.1
57	Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg	6.1
58	Mainz Rheinland-Pfalz	6.0
59	Königs Wusterhausen Brandenburg	6.0
60	Freilassing Bavaria	6.0
61	Aalen Baden-Wurttemberg	6.0
62	Weimar Thuringia	5.9
63	Walsrode Lower Saxony	5.9
64	Villingen-Schwenningen Baden-Wurttemberg	5.9
65	Starnberg Bavaria	5.9
66	Schwedt (Oder) Brandenburg	5.9
67	Schwandorf in Bayern Bavaria	5.9
68	Lingen Lower Saxony	5.9
69	Jena Thuringia	5.9
70	Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	5.9
71	Bitterfeld-Wolfen Saxony-Anhalt	5.9
72	Bad Kreuznach Rheinland-Pfalz	5.9
73	Altenburg Thuringia	5.9
74	Schwäbisch Hall Baden-Wurttemberg	5.8
75	Luckenwalde Brandenburg	5.8
76	Hannover Lower Saxony	5.8
77	Reutlingen Baden-Wurttemberg	5.7
78	Greiz Thuringia	5.7
79	Gießen Hesse	5.7
80	Frankfurt am Main Hesse	5.7
81	Cottbus Brandenburg	5.7
82	Bamberg Bavaria	5.7
83	Wolfsburg Lower Saxony	5.6
84	Strausberg Brandenburg	5.6
85	Großostheim Bavaria	5.6
86	Gera Thuringia	5.6
87	Erfurt Thuringia	5.6
88	Filderstadt Baden-Wurttemberg	5.6
89	Neuruppin Brandenburg	5.5
90	Lüneburg Lower Saxony	5.5
91	Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt	5.5
92	Freiburg Baden-Wurttemberg	5.5
93	Braunschweig Lower Saxony	5.5
94	Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony	5.4
95	Wiesbaden Hesse	5.4
96	Wetzlar Hesse	5.4
97	Hildesheim Lower Saxony	5.4
98	Bernburg Saxony-Anhalt	5.4
99	Wittenberge Brandenburg	5.3
100	Salzgitter Lower Saxony	5.3
101	Marburg an der Lahn Hesse	5.3
102	Limburg an der Lahn Hesse	5.3
103	Falkensee Brandenburg	5.3
104	Darmstadt Hesse	5.3
105	Weißenfels Saxony-Anhalt	5.2
106	Suhl Thuringia	5.2
107	Michelstadt Hesse	5.2
108	Lubnjow Brandenburg	5.2
109	Hattersheim Hesse	5.2
110	Hanau am Main Hesse	5.2
111	Göttingen Lower Saxony	5.2
112	Eisenach Thuringia	5.2
113	Delmenhorst Lower Saxony	5.2
114	Bendorf Rheinland-Pfalz	5.2
115	Riedstadt Hesse	5.2
116	Zeitz Saxony-Anhalt	5.1
117	Hansestadt Salzwedel Saxony-Anhalt	5.1
118	Köthen Saxony-Anhalt	5.1
119	Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg	5.1
120	Fulda Hesse	5.1
121	Bremen Bremen	5.1
122	Stendal Saxony-Anhalt	5.0
123	Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt	5.0
124	Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein	5.0
125	Wiesloch Baden-Wurttemberg	4.9
126	Rüsselsheim am Main Hesse	4.9
127	Merseburg Saxony-Anhalt	4.9
128	Lörrach Baden-Wurttemberg	4.9
129	Bensheim Hesse	4.9
130	Baden-Baden Baden-Wurttemberg	4.9
131	Rinteln Lower Saxony	4.8
132	Müllheim Baden-Wurttemberg	4.8
133	Meiningen Thuringia	4.8
134	Kiel Schleswig-Holstein	4.7
135	Lauda-Königshofen Baden-Wurttemberg	4.7
136	Sondershausen Thuringia	4.6
137	Goslar Lower Saxony	4.6
138	Duderstadt Lower Saxony	4.6
139	Uslar Lower Saxony	4.5
140	Oyten Lower Saxony	4.5
141	Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein	4.5
142	Herrenberg Baden-Wurttemberg	4.5
143	Bremerhaven Bremen	4.5
144	Königstein im Taunus Hesse	4.1
145	Witzenhausen Hesse	4.0
146	Bad Wildungen Hesse	4.0
147	Olpe low-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia	2.6
148	Füssen low-cost sensorsBavaria	2.5

Good 0–9.0Moderate 9.1+Unhealthy for sensitive groups 35.5+Unhealthy 55.5+Very unhealthy 125.5+Hazardous 225.5+No data

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.

City	7-day estimate	Band
Dresden estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Leipzig estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Bochum estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Chemnitz estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Hamm estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Mülheim estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Herne estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Solingen estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Neuss estimated	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Regensburg estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Paderborn estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Fürth estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Recklinghausen estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Offenbach estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Remscheid estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Siegen estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Bergisch Gladbach estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Moers estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Erlangen estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Zwickau estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Gütersloh estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Düren estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Esslingen estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Moderate
Iserlohn estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Witten estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Marl estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Velbert estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Minden estimated	≈ 7 µg/m³	Good
Norderstedt estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Neumünster estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good
Dorsten estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Castrop-Rauxel estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Rheine estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Viersen estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Gladbeck estimated	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Arnsberg estimated	≈ 6 µg/m³	Good
Troisdorf estimated	≈ 9 µg/m³	Good
Wattenscheid estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Bocholt estimated	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Detmold estimated	≈ 8 µg/m³	Good

Regions

Baden-Wurttemberg 26 Bavaria 22 Brandenburg 16 Bremen 2 Hamburg 1 Hesse 20 Lower Saxony 22 North Rhine-Westphalia 1 Rheinland-Pfalz 10 Saxony-Anhalt 14 Schleswig-Holstein 3 Thuringia 11

Updated 2026-10-01 11:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.