Most polluted cities in Germany

195 measured cities ranked by PM2.5, this year. Worst: Berlin at 14.1 µg/m³, #349 in the world.

#	City	µg/m³	× WHO
1	Berlin State of Berlin	14.1	2.8×
2	Teltow Brandenburg	13.7	2.7×
3	Passau Bavaria	13.5	2.7×
4	Bernburg Saxony-Anhalt	13.3	2.7×
5	Unna North Rhine-Westphalia	13.0	2.6×
6	Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	13.0	2.6×
7	Eisenhüttenstadt Brandenburg	12.4	2.5×
8	Speyer Rheinland-Pfalz	12.3	2.5×
9	Halle (Saale) Saxony-Anhalt	12.3	2.5×
10	Dessau Saxony-Anhalt	12.3	2.5×
11	Wittenberg Saxony-Anhalt	12.2	2.4×
12	Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt	12.1	2.4×
13	Weißenfels Saxony-Anhalt	11.9	2.4×
14	Oranienburg Brandenburg	11.9	2.4×
15	Bitterfeld-Wolfen Saxony-Anhalt	11.9	2.4×
16	Oldenburg Lower Saxony	11.8	2.4×
17	Burg bei Magdeburg Saxony-Anhalt	11.8	2.4×
18	Zeitz Saxony-Anhalt	11.6	2.3×
19	Mühlhausen Thuringia	11.6	2.3×
20	Friesoythe Lower Saxony	11.5	2.3×
21	Blankenfelde-Mahlow Brandenburg	11.5	2.3×
22	Stendal Saxony-Anhalt	11.4	2.3×
23	Merseburg Saxony-Anhalt	11.4	2.3×
24	Halberstadt Saxony-Anhalt	11.4	2.3×
25	Frankfurt (Oder) Brandenburg	11.4	2.3×
26	Cottbus Brandenburg	11.4	2.3×
27	Worms Rheinland-Pfalz	11.3	2.3×
28	Neuwied Rheinland-Pfalz	11.3	2.3×
29	Luckenwalde Brandenburg	11.3	2.3×
30	Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia	11.3	2.3×
31	Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg	11.3	2.3×
32	Schwedt (Oder) Brandenburg	11.2	2.2×
33	Nauen Brandenburg	11.2	2.2×
34	Mannheim Baden-Wurttemberg	11.2	2.2×
35	Ludwigshafen am Rhein Rheinland-Pfalz	11.2	2.2×
36	Königs Wusterhausen Brandenburg	11.2	2.2×
37	Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia	11.2	2.2×
38	Heilbronn Baden-Wurttemberg	11.1	2.2×
39	Hamburg Hamburg	11.1	2.2×
40	Wismar Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	11.0	2.2×
41	Ulm Baden-Wurttemberg	11.0	2.2×
42	Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	10.9	2.2×
43	Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	10.8	2.2×
44	Potsdam Brandenburg	10.8	2.2×
45	Altenburg Thuringia	10.8	2.2×
46	Landshut Bavaria	10.7	2.1×
47	Weimar Thuringia	10.6	2.1×
48	Tübingen Baden-Wurttemberg	10.6	2.1×
49	Münster North Rhine-Westphalia	10.6	2.1×
50	Lindau Bavaria	10.6	2.1×
51	Köthen Saxony-Anhalt	10.6	2.1×
52	Kassel Hesse	10.6	2.1×
53	Greiz Thuringia	10.6	2.1×
54	Bottrop North Rhine-Westphalia	10.6	2.1×
55	Bernau bei Berlin Brandenburg	10.6	2.1×
56	Lubnjow Brandenburg	10.5	2.1×
57	Halstenbek Schleswig-Holstein	10.5	2.1×
58	Buxtehude Lower Saxony	10.5	2.1×
59	Nordhausen Thuringia	10.4	2.1×
60	Munich Bavaria	10.4	2.1×
61	Karlsruhe Baden-Wurttemberg	10.4	2.1×
62	Hannover Lower Saxony	10.4	2.1×
63	Gera Thuringia	10.4	2.1×
64	Datteln North Rhine-Westphalia	10.4	2.1×
65	Augsburg Bavaria	10.4	2.1×
66	Wernigerode Saxony-Anhalt	10.3	2.1×
67	Neu-Ulm Bavaria	10.3	2.1×
68	Hagen North Rhine-Westphalia	10.3	2.1×
69	Emden Lower Saxony	10.3	2.1×
70	Strausberg Brandenburg	10.2	2.0×
71	Lampertheim Hesse	10.2	2.0×
72	Krefeld North Rhine-Westphalia	10.2	2.0×
73	Ingolstadt Bavaria	10.2	2.0×
74	Hildesheim Lower Saxony	10.2	2.0×
75	Erfurt Thuringia	10.2	2.0×
76	Burghausen Bavaria	10.2	2.0×
77	Braunschweig Lower Saxony	10.2	2.0×
78	Wolfsburg Lower Saxony	10.1	2.0×
79	Walsrode Lower Saxony	10.1	2.0×
80	Stralsund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	10.1	2.0×
81	Oberhausen North Rhine-Westphalia	10.1	2.0×
82	Neuenhagen Brandenburg	10.1	2.0×
83	Ludwigsburg Baden-Wurttemberg	10.1	2.0×
84	Güstrow Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	10.1	2.0×
85	Friedrichshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	10.1	2.0×
86	Essen North Rhine-Westphalia	10.1	2.0×
87	Eschborn Hesse	10.1	2.0×
88	Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia	10.1	2.0×
89	Dillingen Saarland	10.1	2.0×
90	Osnabrück Lower Saxony	10.0	2.0×
91	Neuruppin Brandenburg	10.0	2.0×
92	Jena Thuringia	10.0	2.0×
93	Cuxhaven Lower Saxony	10.0	2.0×
94	Würzburg Bavaria	9.9	2.0×
95	Schwäbisch Hall Baden-Wurttemberg	9.9	2.0×
96	Nuremberg Bavaria	9.9	2.0×
97	Kelheim Bavaria	9.9	2.0×
98	Kehl Baden-Wurttemberg	9.9	2.0×
99	Reutlingen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.8	2.0×
100	Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia	9.8	2.0×
101	Stuttgart Baden-Wurttemberg	9.7	1.9×
102	Mainz Rheinland-Pfalz	9.7	1.9×
103	Lüneburg Lower Saxony	9.7	1.9×
104	Koblenz Rheinland-Pfalz	9.7	1.9×
105	Borken North Rhine-Westphalia	9.7	1.9×
106	Wiesloch Baden-Wurttemberg	9.6	1.9×
107	Salzgitter Lower Saxony	9.6	1.9×
108	Warstein North Rhine-Westphalia	9.5	1.9×
109	Jüchen North Rhine-Westphalia	9.5	1.9×
110	Frankfurt am Main Hesse	9.5	1.9×
111	Falkensee Brandenburg	9.5	1.9×
112	Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia	9.5	1.9×
113	Schwerte North Rhine-Westphalia	9.4	1.9×
114	Hansestadt Salzwedel Saxony-Anhalt	9.4	1.9×
115	Marktredwitz Bavaria	9.4	1.9×
116	Limburg an der Lahn Hesse	9.4	1.9×
117	Kleinmachnow Brandenburg	9.4	1.9×
118	Eisenach Thuringia	9.4	1.9×
119	Aschaffenburg Bavaria	9.4	1.9×
120	Ansbach Bavaria	9.4	1.9×
121	Traunreut Bavaria	9.3	1.9×
122	Lingen Lower Saxony	9.3	1.9×
123	Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg	9.3	1.9×
124	Wittenberge Brandenburg	9.2	1.8×
125	Wilhelmshaven Lower Saxony	9.2	1.8×
126	Wesel North Rhine-Westphalia	9.2	1.8×
127	Trier Rheinland-Pfalz	9.2	1.8×
128	Pforzheim Baden-Wurttemberg	9.2	1.8×
129	Göttingen Lower Saxony	9.2	1.8×
130	Wiesbaden Hesse	9.1	1.8×
131	Rüsselsheim am Main Hesse	9.1	1.8×
132	Konstanz Baden-Wurttemberg	9.1	1.8×
133	Köln North Rhine-Westphalia	9.1	1.8×
134	Kempten (Allgäu) Bavaria	9.1	1.8×
135	Kaiserslautern Rheinland-Pfalz	9.1	1.8×
136	Gießen Hesse	9.1	1.8×
137	Darmstadt Hesse	9.1	1.8×
138	Filderstadt Baden-Wurttemberg	9.1	1.8×
139	Wetzlar Hesse	9.0	1.8×
140	Weiden Bavaria	9.0	1.8×
141	Saarbrücken Saarland	9.0	1.8×
142	Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia	9.0	1.8×
143	Marburg an der Lahn Hesse	9.0	1.8×
144	Jülich North Rhine-Westphalia	9.0	1.8×
145	Fulda Hesse	9.0	1.8×
146	Duderstadt Lower Saxony	9.0	1.8×
147	Biberach an der Riß Baden-Wurttemberg	9.0	1.8×
148	Aalen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.0	1.8×
149	Lauda-Königshofen Baden-Wurttemberg	9.0	1.8×
150	Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia	8.9	1.8×
151	Völklingen Saarland	8.9	1.8×
152	Schwandorf in Bayern Bavaria	8.9	1.8×
153	Delmenhorst Lower Saxony	8.9	1.8×
154	Bamberg Bavaria	8.9	1.8×
155	Rinteln Lower Saxony	8.8	1.8×
156	Leverkusen North Rhine-Westphalia	8.8	1.8×
157	Bremen Bremen	8.8	1.8×
158	Michelstadt Hesse	8.7	1.7×
159	Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen Baden-Wurttemberg	8.7	1.7×
160	Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia	8.7	1.7×
161	Bensheim Hesse	8.7	1.7×
162	Soest North Rhine-Westphalia	8.6	1.7×
163	Hattersheim Hesse	8.6	1.7×
164	Hanau am Main Hesse	8.6	1.7×
165	Großostheim Bavaria	8.6	1.7×
166	Starnberg Bavaria	8.5	1.7×
167	Lörrach Baden-Wurttemberg	8.5	1.7×
168	Bremerhaven Bremen	8.5	1.7×
169	Riedstadt Hesse	8.5	1.7×
170	Ratingen North Rhine-Westphalia	8.4	1.7×
171	Pulheim North Rhine-Westphalia	8.4	1.7×
172	Oyten Lower Saxony	8.4	1.7×
173	Hattingen North Rhine-Westphalia	8.4	1.7×
174	Aachen North Rhine-Westphalia	8.4	1.7×
175	Sondershausen Thuringia	8.3	1.7×
176	Goslar Lower Saxony	8.3	1.7×
177	Freilassing Bavaria	8.3	1.7×
178	Müllheim Baden-Wurttemberg	8.2	1.6×
179	Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein	8.2	1.6×
180	Freiburg Baden-Wurttemberg	8.2	1.6×
181	Olpe low-cost sensorsNorth Rhine-Westphalia	8.0	1.6×
182	Meiningen Thuringia	7.9	1.6×
183	Herrenberg Baden-Wurttemberg	7.8	1.6×
184	Baden-Baden Baden-Wurttemberg	7.8	1.6×
185	Uslar Lower Saxony	7.7	1.5×
186	Suhl Thuringia	7.6	1.5×
187	Villingen-Schwenningen Baden-Wurttemberg	7.5	1.5×
188	Kiel Schleswig-Holstein	7.5	1.5×
189	Flensburg Schleswig-Holstein	7.5	1.5×
190	Füssen low-cost sensorsBavaria	7.4	1.5×
191	Bad Wildungen Hesse	7.3	1.5×
192	Lüdenscheid North Rhine-Westphalia	7.2	1.4×
193	Witzenhausen Hesse	6.9	1.4×
194	Bendorf Rheinland-Pfalz	6.4	1.3×
195	Königstein im Taunus Hesse	5.7	1.1×

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