Most polluted cities in Germany

144 measured cities ranked by PM2.5, last 7 days. Worst: Landshut at 13.2 µg/m³, #305 in the world.

#	City	µg/m³
1	Landshut Bavaria	13.2
2	Ludwigshafen am Rhein Rheinland-Pfalz	12.9
3	Augsburg Bavaria	12.9
4	Worms Rheinland-Pfalz	12.6
5	Speyer Rheinland-Pfalz	12.3
6	Lindau Bavaria	12.2
7	Munich Bavaria	12.1
8	Neu-Ulm Bavaria	11.7
9	Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg	11.5
10	Oldenburg Lower Saxony	11.4
11	Passau Bavaria	11.2
12	Friesoythe Lower Saxony	11.2
13	Berlin State of Berlin	10.8
14	Konstanz Baden-Wurttemberg	10.7
15	Kehl Baden-Wurttemberg	10.7
16	Friedrichshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	10.6
17	Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg	10.5
18	Teltow Brandenburg	10.5
19	Kaiserslautern Rheinland-Pfalz	10.5
20	Biberach an der Riß Baden-Wurttemberg	10.5
21	Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	10.4
22	Burghausen Bavaria	10.4
23	Trier Rheinland-Pfalz	10.3
24	Lampertheim Hesse	10.3
25	Eisenhüttenstadt Brandenburg	10.3
26	Hamburg Hamburg	10.1
27	Nuremberg Bavaria	10.0
28	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg	10.0
29	Würzburg Bavaria	9.9
30	Kelheim Bavaria	9.9
31	Tübingen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.8
32	Pforzheim Baden-Wurttemberg	9.8
33	Ludwigsburg Baden-Wurttemberg	9.8
34	Kempten (Allgäu) Bavaria	9.7
35	Aschaffenburg Bavaria	9.7
36	Villingen-Schwenningen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.5
37	Mühlhausen Thuringia	9.5
38	Ingolstadt Bavaria	9.5
39	Bad Kreuznach Rheinland-Pfalz	9.5
40	Heilbronn Baden-Wurttemberg	9.4
41	Emden Lower Saxony	9.4
42	Traunreut Bavaria	9.3
43	Mainz Rheinland-Pfalz	9.3
44	Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg	9.2
45	Stralsund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	9.2
46	Ansbach Bavaria	9.2
47	Starnberg Bavaria	9.0
48	Osnabrück Lower Saxony	9.0
49	Aalen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.0
50	Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8.9
51	Halstenbek Schleswig-Holstein	8.9
52	Neuwied Rheinland-Pfalz	8.8
53	Delmenhorst Lower Saxony	8.8
54	Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8.7
55	Oranienburg Brandenburg	8.7
56	Marktredwitz Bavaria	8.7
57	Frankfurt (Oder) Brandenburg	8.7
58	Freilassing Bavaria	8.6
59	Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	8.6
60	Nauen Brandenburg	8.5
61	Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt	8.5
62	Lingen Lower Saxony	8.5
63	Wittenberg Saxony-Anhalt	8.5
64	Wismar Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8.4
65	Freiburg Baden-Wurttemberg	8.4
66	Cuxhaven Lower Saxony	8.4
67	Bernburg Saxony-Anhalt	8.4
68	Weimar Thuringia	8.3
69	Reutlingen Baden-Wurttemberg	8.3
70	Koblenz Rheinland-Pfalz	8.3
71	Buxtehude Lower Saxony	8.3
72	Bremen Bremen	8.3
73	Bitterfeld-Wolfen Saxony-Anhalt	8.3
74	Filderstadt Baden-Wurttemberg	8.3
75	Walsrode Lower Saxony	8.2
76	Bernau bei Berlin Brandenburg	8.2
77	Schwäbisch Hall Baden-Wurttemberg	8.1
78	Potsdam Brandenburg	8.1
79	Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg	8.1
80	Bamberg Bavaria	8.1
81	Schwedt (Oder) Brandenburg	8.0
82	Dessau Saxony-Anhalt	8.0
83	Altenburg Thuringia	8.0
84	Neuenhagen Brandenburg	7.9
85	Güstrow Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7.9
86	Großostheim Bavaria	7.9
87	Blankenfelde-Mahlow Brandenburg	7.9
88	Weiden Bavaria	7.8
89	Jena Thuringia	7.8
90	Greiz Thuringia	7.8
91	Schwandorf in Bayern Bavaria	7.7
92	Lüneburg Lower Saxony	7.7
93	Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt	7.7
94	Gera Thuringia	7.7
95	Köthen Saxony-Anhalt	7.6
96	Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg	7.6
97	Hannover Lower Saxony	7.6
98	Bremerhaven Bremen	7.6
99	Müllheim Baden-Wurttemberg	7.5
100	Luckenwalde Brandenburg	7.5
101	Königs Wusterhausen Brandenburg	7.5
102	Cottbus Brandenburg	7.5
103	Baden-Baden Baden-Wurttemberg	7.5
104	Wittenberge Brandenburg	7.4
105	Neuruppin Brandenburg	7.4
106	Erfurt Thuringia	7.4
107	Wolfsburg Lower Saxony	7.3
108	Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony	7.3
109	Strausberg Brandenburg	7.3
110	Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt	7.3
111	Weißenfels Saxony-Anhalt	7.2
112	Salzgitter Lower Saxony	7.2
113	Oyten Lower Saxony	7.2
114	Hildesheim Lower Saxony	7.2
115	Braunschweig Lower Saxony	7.2
116	Lörrach Baden-Wurttemberg	7.1
117	Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein	7.1
118	Hansestadt Salzwedel Saxony-Anhalt	7.0
119	Falkensee Brandenburg	7.0
120	Lauda-Königshofen Baden-Wurttemberg	7.0
121	Zeitz Saxony-Anhalt	6.9
122	Stendal Saxony-Anhalt	6.9
123	Göttingen Lower Saxony	6.9
124	Eisenach Thuringia	6.9
125	Merseburg Saxony-Anhalt	6.7
126	Lubnjow Brandenburg	6.6
127	Kleinmachnow Brandenburg	6.6
128	Burg bei Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt	6.6
129	Bendorf Rheinland-Pfalz	6.6
130	Wernigerode Saxony-Anhalt	6.5
131	Kiel Schleswig-Holstein	6.5
132	Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein	6.3
133	Füssen low-cost sensorsBavaria	6.3
134	Wiesloch Baden-Wurttemberg	6.2
135	Meiningen Thuringia	6.2
136	Herrenberg Baden-Wurttemberg	6.1
137	Goslar Lower Saxony	6.1
138	Suhl Thuringia	6.0
139	Duderstadt Lower Saxony	5.9
140	Rinteln Lower Saxony	5.7
141	Uslar Lower Saxony	5.4
142	Sondershausen Thuringia	5.4
143	Nordhausen Thuringia	5.4
144	Olpe low-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia	3.5

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 08:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 in µg/m³ (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors.