SmogRank / Episodes / Poland

Eastern Europe, September 2023

For 6 days, from 8 to 13 September 2023, 51 cities in Poland, Czechia, Germany and 5 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Łuków, Lublin, Poland: 41.7 µg/m³ on 11 September, about 3.0× its usual 13.8.

No cause namedWe have no fire or smoke records for these days, so we only say what the measurements show.
Cities reached51in 8 countries
Days68 to 13 September 2023
Worst day12 September28 cities counted
Furthest above usual6.4×Bremerhaven

Day by day

12 September 28 cities at twice their usual or more
Jelenia GóraHradec KrálovéKłodzkoPardubiceLiberecWrocławMladá BoleslavNysaZielona GóraŽidenicePragueMiędzyrzeczZnojmoDěčínOpoleKrapkowicePoznańKroměřížOpavaÚstí nad LabemCottbusKladnoBerounZlínKędzierzyn-KoźleGorzów WielkopolskiTepliceFrankfurt (Oder)RacibórzValašské MeziříčíČeské BudějoviceKlosterneuburgLubnjowMostLitvínovFrýdek-MístekViennaSankt PöltenPerchtoldsdorfMödlingTrenčínBadenKarlova VesBratislavaTřinecKadaňAmstettenPilsenStrausbergSchwedt (Oder)LinzNeuenhagenCzechowice-DziedziceAnsfeldenŽilinaTraunEberswaldePartizánskeBielsko-BialaBlankenfelde-MahlowSteyrSzczecinNitraBernau bei BerlinPrievidzaBerlinWelsTeltowMartinKleinmachnowHandlováPassauGyőrPotsdamSokolovŽiar nad HronomFalkenseeŁódźWłocławekWittenbergŚwiecieRužomberokAltenburgBanská BystricaNauenZvolenGreizBrandenburg an der HavelKościerzynaNeuruppinEsztergomUstkaMarktredwitzWeidenWolfsbergVeszprémPłockBurghausenWeißenfelsHalle (Saale)Schwandorf in BayernSalzburgKöthenTraunreutKlagenfurt am WörtherseeJenaGdańskBurg bei MagdeburgSopotKelheimPopradGdyniaSaalfelden am Steinernen MeerŻyrardówMagdeburgStralsundSaalfeldWeimarElblągSpišská Nová VesWittenbergeGüstrowErfurtPécsCoburgRadomNurembergHalberstadtMunichKazincbarcikaRostockBambergKonstancin-JeziornaNordhausenWawerHansestadt SalzwedelSuhlMiskolcOtwockOlsztynStarnbergPrešovJasłoKošiceWismarMühlhausenAnsbachMeiningenAugsburgBraunschweigEisenachGoslarKrosnoSalzgitterVranov nad TopľouSzegedHumennéWürzburgGöttingenWitzenhausenLübeckAalenHildesheimNyíregyházaKętrzynSninaFuldaLauda-KönigshofenKempten (Allgäu)Neu-UlmHannoverKasselJarosławHamburgPrzemyślTrentoBiberach an der RißAschaffenburgRoveretoHeilbronnGroßostheimLudwigsburgLindauMichelstadtFilderstadtRintelnStuttgartHanau am MainReutlingenFriedrichshafenMarburg an der LahnTübingenGießenFrankfurt am MainDarmstadtHeidelbergWieslochHerrenbergEschbornBensheimKonstanzPforzheimKönigstein im TaunusBremenLampertheimRüsselsheim am MainMannheimLudwigshafen am RheinSpeyerWormsFlensburgMainzEggenstein-LeopoldshafenKarlsruheWiesbadenVillingen-SchwenningenLimburg an der LahnBaden-BadenOsnabrückZürichBad KreuznachBellinzonaKaiserslauternWilhelmshavenBendorfKoblenzCluj-NapocaLuganoKehlFriesoytheNeuwiedFreiburgMüllheimLingenLörrachBaselSaarbrückenMulhouseBernGrajewoKaliszŁaskSiedlceJastrzębie ZdrójPruszkówČeský TěšínKutnoWarsawKatowiceBiałystokStarachowicePułtuskNiskoHavířovKościanRadomskoLegionowoToruńKielceKrakówRzeszówOstravaGrazEłkŁukówBolzanoZamośćPřerovBydgoszczMielecTrnavaLublinOlomoucTarnówBrnoSenicaAugustówLęborkSuwałkiBohumínDunaújvárosŚwinoujścieKaunasOldenburgDębicaDelmenhorstItzehoeOytenKielBremerhaven
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Every measured city in the area, coloured by its PM2.5 that day; a dark ring marks a city at twice its usual or more. Bars: cities counted each day, coloured by their median level. Choose a day or press play; without JavaScript, the days link to that day's world ranking.

How it spread

DębicaDębica, 5 September: 20.0 µg/m³, 2.2× usualDębica, 6 September: no readingDębica, 7 September: no readingDębica, 8 September: 34.1 µg/m³, 3.8× usualDębica, 9 September: 33.1 µg/m³, 3.7× usualDębica, 10 September: 27.7 µg/m³, 3.1× usualDębica, 11 September: 27.2 µg/m³, 3.0× usualDębica, 12 September: 38.3 µg/m³, 4.3× usualDębica, 13 September: 34.7 µg/m³, 3.9× usualDębica, 14 September: 24.6 µg/m³, 2.7× usualDębica, 15 September: 10.1 µg/m³, 1.1× usualDębica, 16 September: 16.9 µg/m³, 1.9× usualŚwinoujścieŚwinoujście, 5 September: 6.8 µg/m³, 1.0× usualŚwinoujście, 6 September: no readingŚwinoujście, 7 September: no readingŚwinoujście, 8 September: 30.6 µg/m³, 4.6× usualŚwinoujście, 9 September: 21.1 µg/m³, 3.1× usualŚwinoujście, 10 September: 19.8 µg/m³, 3.0× usualŚwinoujście, 11 September: 27.0 µg/m³, 4.0× usualŚwinoujście, 12 September: 24.3 µg/m³, 3.6× usualŚwinoujście, 13 September: 9.7 µg/m³, 1.4× usualŚwinoujście, 14 September: 6.1 µg/m³, 0.9× usualŚwinoujście, 15 September: 5.5 µg/m³, 0.8× usualŚwinoujście, 16 September: 6.6 µg/m³, 1.0× usualKrakówKraków, 5 September: 14.7 µg/m³, 1.4× usualKraków, 6 September: no readingKraków, 7 September: no readingKraków, 8 September: 26.3 µg/m³, 2.5× usualKraków, 9 September: 28.8 µg/m³, 2.7× usualKraków, 10 September: 28.4 µg/m³, 2.7× usualKraków, 11 September: 22.9 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKraków, 12 September: 30.5 µg/m³, 2.9× usualKraków, 13 September: 30.0 µg/m³, 2.8× usualKraków, 14 September: 9.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKraków, 15 September: 9.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKraków, 16 September: 19.4 µg/m³, 1.8× usualJastrzębie ZdrójJastrzębie Zdrój, 5 September: 16.6 µg/m³, 1.4× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 6 September: no readingJastrzębie Zdrój, 7 September: no readingJastrzębie Zdrój, 8 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 2.2× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 9 September: 26.8 µg/m³, 2.3× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 10 September: 22.2 µg/m³, 1.9× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 11 September: 20.6 µg/m³, 1.8× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 12 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.1× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 13 September: 24.3 µg/m³, 2.1× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 14 September: 12.2 µg/m³, 1.1× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 15 September: 13.3 µg/m³, 1.2× usualJastrzębie Zdrój, 16 September: 12.6 µg/m³, 1.1× usualRzeszówRzeszów, 5 September: 9.6 µg/m³, 1.1× usualRzeszów, 6 September: no readingRzeszów, 7 September: no readingRzeszów, 8 September: 25.2 µg/m³, 2.9× usualRzeszów, 9 September: 24.2 µg/m³, 2.8× usualRzeszów, 10 September: 19.6 µg/m³, 2.3× usualRzeszów, 11 September: 19.0 µg/m³, 2.2× usualRzeszów, 12 September: 19.7 µg/m³, 2.3× usualRzeszów, 13 September: 21.6 µg/m³, 2.5× usualRzeszów, 14 September: 12.9 µg/m³, 1.5× usualRzeszów, 15 September: 5.7 µg/m³, 0.7× usualRzeszów, 16 September: 9.6 µg/m³, 1.1× usualMielecMielec, 5 September: 14.4 µg/m³, 1.5× usualMielec, 6 September: no readingMielec, 7 September: no readingMielec, 8 September: 20.7 µg/m³, 2.2× usualMielec, 9 September: 29.2 µg/m³, 3.0× usualMielec, 10 September: 24.6 µg/m³, 2.6× usualMielec, 11 September: 21.6 µg/m³, 2.3× usualMielec, 12 September: 30.3 µg/m³, 3.2× usualMielec, 13 September: 29.3 µg/m³, 3.1× usualMielec, 14 September: 14.9 µg/m³, 1.6× usualMielec, 15 September: 7.8 µg/m³, 0.8× usualMielec, 16 September: 10.2 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKatowiceKatowice, 5 September: 14.0 µg/m³, 1.3× usualKatowice, 6 September: no readingKatowice, 7 September: no readingKatowice, 8 September: 21.0 µg/m³, 1.9× usualKatowice, 9 September: 27.8 µg/m³, 2.5× usualKatowice, 10 September: 22.9 µg/m³, 2.1× usualKatowice, 11 September: 21.2 µg/m³, 1.9× usualKatowice, 12 September: 26.1 µg/m³, 2.4× usualKatowice, 13 September: 24.2 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKatowice, 14 September: 10.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKatowice, 15 September: 10.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKatowice, 16 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBremerhavenBremerhaven, 5 September: 11.7 µg/m³, 2.3× usualBremerhaven, 6 September: 12.0 µg/m³, 2.4× usualBremerhaven, 7 September: 12.2 µg/m³, 2.4× usualBremerhaven, 8 September: 15.4 µg/m³, 3.1× usualBremerhaven, 9 September: 27.3 µg/m³, 5.5× usualBremerhaven, 10 September: 32.1 µg/m³, 6.4× usualBremerhaven, 11 September: 18.9 µg/m³, 3.8× usualBremerhaven, 12 September: 17.2 µg/m³, 3.4× usualBremerhaven, 13 September: 3.0 µg/m³, 0.6× usualBremerhaven, 14 September: 2.9 µg/m³, 0.6× usualBremerhaven, 15 September: 6.6 µg/m³, 1.3× usualBremerhaven, 16 September: 15.2 µg/m³, 3.0× usualBydgoszczBydgoszcz, 5 September: 9.3 µg/m³, 1.1× usualBydgoszcz, 6 September: no readingBydgoszcz, 7 September: no readingBydgoszcz, 8 September: 19.7 µg/m³, 2.4× usualBydgoszcz, 9 September: 25.5 µg/m³, 3.1× usualBydgoszcz, 10 September: 26.8 µg/m³, 3.2× usualBydgoszcz, 11 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.9× usualBydgoszcz, 12 September: 26.8 µg/m³, 3.2× usualBydgoszcz, 13 September: 19.3 µg/m³, 2.3× usualBydgoszcz, 14 September: 4.2 µg/m³, 0.5× usualBydgoszcz, 15 September: 5.6 µg/m³, 0.7× usualBydgoszcz, 16 September: 8.5 µg/m³, 1.0× usualLublinLublin, 5 September: 11.8 µg/m³, 1.1× usualLublin, 6 September: no readingLublin, 7 September: no readingLublin, 8 September: 15.5 µg/m³, 1.4× usualLublin, 9 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 2.4× usualLublin, 10 September: 14.5 µg/m³, 1.3× usualLublin, 11 September: 18.1 µg/m³, 1.7× usualLublin, 12 September: 31.1 µg/m³, 2.9× usualLublin, 13 September: 35.3 µg/m³, 3.3× usualLublin, 14 September: 17.0 µg/m³, 1.6× usualLublin, 15 September: 6.3 µg/m³, 0.6× usualLublin, 16 September: 10.8 µg/m³, 1.0× usualPruszkówPruszków, 5 September: 9.6 µg/m³, 0.9× usualPruszków, 6 September: no readingPruszków, 7 September: no readingPruszków, 8 September: 17.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPruszków, 9 September: 25.2 µg/m³, 2.4× usualPruszków, 10 September: 21.1 µg/m³, 2.0× usualPruszków, 11 September: 19.2 µg/m³, 1.8× usualPruszków, 12 September: no readingPruszków, 13 September: no readingPruszków, 14 September: no readingPruszków, 15 September: no readingPruszków, 16 September: no readingBohumínBohumín, 5 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.1× usualBohumín, 6 September: 13.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualBohumín, 7 September: 17.0 µg/m³, 2.1× usualBohumín, 8 September: 16.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualBohumín, 9 September: 20.9 µg/m³, 2.5× usualBohumín, 10 September: 31.6 µg/m³, 3.9× usualBohumín, 11 September: 17.6 µg/m³, 2.1× usualBohumín, 12 September: 23.2 µg/m³, 2.8× usualBohumín, 13 September: no readingBohumín, 14 September: no readingBohumín, 15 September: 6.0 µg/m³, 0.7× usualBohumín, 16 September: 9.6 µg/m³, 1.2× usualKielKiel, 5 September: 6.3 µg/m³, 1.3× usualKiel, 6 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKiel, 7 September: 8.5 µg/m³, 1.7× usualKiel, 8 September: 13.3 µg/m³, 2.7× usualKiel, 9 September: 14.2 µg/m³, 2.8× usualKiel, 10 September: 30.4 µg/m³, 6.1× usualKiel, 11 September: 16.9 µg/m³, 3.4× usualKiel, 12 September: 18.3 µg/m³, 3.7× usualKiel, 13 September: 2.2 µg/m³, 0.4× usualKiel, 14 September: 2.7 µg/m³, 0.5× usualKiel, 15 September: 6.7 µg/m³, 1.3× usualKiel, 16 September: 7.9 µg/m³, 1.6× usualOytenOyten, 5 September: 6.8 µg/m³, 1.4× usualOyten, 6 September: 8.3 µg/m³, 1.7× usualOyten, 7 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 2.1× usualOyten, 8 September: 13.0 µg/m³, 2.6× usualOyten, 9 September: 15.0 µg/m³, 3.0× usualOyten, 10 September: 29.5 µg/m³, 5.9× usualOyten, 11 September: 16.6 µg/m³, 3.3× usualOyten, 12 September: 20.1 µg/m³, 4.0× usualOyten, 13 September: 5.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualOyten, 14 September: 4.0 µg/m³, 0.8× usualOyten, 15 September: 6.3 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOyten, 16 September: 9.3 µg/m³, 1.9× usualItzehoeItzehoe, 5 September: 4.4 µg/m³, 0.9× usualItzehoe, 6 September: 5.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualItzehoe, 7 September: 7.6 µg/m³, 1.5× usualItzehoe, 8 September: 10.4 µg/m³, 2.1× usualItzehoe, 9 September: 11.7 µg/m³, 2.3× usualItzehoe, 10 September: 28.4 µg/m³, 5.7× usualItzehoe, 11 September: 18.9 µg/m³, 3.8× usualItzehoe, 12 September: 15.9 µg/m³, 3.2× usualItzehoe, 13 September: 3.2 µg/m³, 0.6× usualItzehoe, 14 September: 2.3 µg/m³, 0.5× usualItzehoe, 15 September: 2.7 µg/m³, 0.5× usualItzehoe, 16 September: 7.0 µg/m³, 1.4× usualOldenburgOldenburg, 5 September: 7.7 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOldenburg, 6 September: 7.2 µg/m³, 1.2× usualOldenburg, 7 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 1.8× usualOldenburg, 8 September: 14.2 µg/m³, 2.3× usualOldenburg, 9 September: 18.4 µg/m³, 3.0× usualOldenburg, 10 September: 26.1 µg/m³, 4.3× usualOldenburg, 11 September: 21.8 µg/m³, 3.6× usualOldenburg, 12 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 3.0× usualOldenburg, 13 September: 6.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualOldenburg, 14 September: 5.4 µg/m³, 0.9× usualOldenburg, 15 September: 8.0 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOldenburg, 16 September: 9.9 µg/m³, 1.6× usualDelmenhorstDelmenhorst, 5 September: 10.0 µg/m³, 2.0× usualDelmenhorst, 6 September: 12.4 µg/m³, 2.5× usualDelmenhorst, 7 September: 13.6 µg/m³, 2.7× usualDelmenhorst, 8 September: 15.9 µg/m³, 3.2× usualDelmenhorst, 9 September: 20.6 µg/m³, 4.1× usualDelmenhorst, 10 September: 25.3 µg/m³, 5.1× usualDelmenhorst, 11 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 3.7× usualDelmenhorst, 12 September: 19.6 µg/m³, 3.9× usualDelmenhorst, 13 September: 8.0 µg/m³, 1.6× usualDelmenhorst, 14 September: 2.9 µg/m³, 0.6× usualDelmenhorst, 15 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.9× usualDelmenhorst, 16 September: 12.7 µg/m³, 2.5× usualNiskoNisko, 5 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualNisko, 6 September: no readingNisko, 7 September: no readingNisko, 8 September: 17.1 µg/m³, 1.5× usualNisko, 9 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.1× usualNisko, 10 September: 25.1 µg/m³, 2.2× usualNisko, 11 September: 20.5 µg/m³, 1.8× usualNisko, 12 September: 27.6 µg/m³, 2.4× usualNisko, 13 September: 29.2 µg/m³, 2.6× usualNisko, 14 September: 15.4 µg/m³, 1.4× usualNisko, 15 September: 8.2 µg/m³, 0.7× usualNisko, 16 September: 12.9 µg/m³, 1.1× usualŁukówŁuków, 5 September: 19.2 µg/m³, 1.4× usualŁuków, 6 September: no readingŁuków, 7 September: no readingŁuków, 8 September: 17.9 µg/m³, 1.3× usualŁuków, 9 September: 20.9 µg/m³, 1.5× usualŁuków, 10 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 0.8× usualŁuków, 11 September: 41.7 µg/m³, 3.0× usualŁuków, 12 September: 36.9 µg/m³, 2.7× usualŁuków, 13 September: 40.5 µg/m³, 2.9× usualŁuków, 14 September: 12.0 µg/m³, 0.9× usualŁuków, 15 September: 17.6 µg/m³, 1.3× usualŁuków, 16 September: 9.5 µg/m³, 0.7× usualToruńToruń, 5 September: 11.5 µg/m³, 1.1× usualToruń, 6 September: no readingToruń, 7 September: no readingToruń, 8 September: 19.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualToruń, 9 September: 23.3 µg/m³, 2.3× usualToruń, 10 September: 22.8 µg/m³, 2.3× usualToruń, 11 September: 26.0 µg/m³, 2.6× usualToruń, 12 September: 28.3 µg/m³, 2.8× usualToruń, 13 September: 23.3 µg/m³, 2.3× usualToruń, 14 September: 5.2 µg/m³, 0.5× usualToruń, 15 September: 7.8 µg/m³, 0.8× usualToruń, 16 September: 7.7 µg/m³, 0.8× usualDunaújvárosDunaújváros, 5 September: no readingDunaújváros, 6 September: 7.7 µg/m³, 0.9× usualDunaújváros, 7 September: 9.1 µg/m³, 1.1× usualDunaújváros, 8 September: 11.0 µg/m³, 1.3× usualDunaújváros, 9 September: 12.5 µg/m³, 1.5× usualDunaújváros, 10 September: 12.1 µg/m³, 1.4× usualDunaújváros, 11 September: 13.2 µg/m³, 1.6× usualDunaújváros, 12 September: 33.5 µg/m³, 4.0× usualDunaújváros, 13 September: 20.1 µg/m³, 2.4× usualDunaújváros, 14 September: 10.3 µg/m³, 1.2× usualDunaújváros, 15 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualDunaújváros, 16 September: 6.1 µg/m³, 0.7× usualZamośćZamość, 5 September: 13.2 µg/m³, 1.2× usualZamość, 6 September: no readingZamość, 7 September: no readingZamość, 8 September: 17.4 µg/m³, 1.6× usualZamość, 9 September: 16.8 µg/m³, 1.6× usualZamość, 10 September: 20.2 µg/m³, 1.9× usualZamość, 11 September: 21.8 µg/m³, 2.1× usualZamość, 12 September: 33.0 µg/m³, 3.1× usualZamość, 13 September: 30.4 µg/m³, 2.9× usualZamość, 14 September: 16.8 µg/m³, 1.6× usualZamość, 15 September: 7.2 µg/m³, 0.7× usualZamość, 16 September: 13.0 µg/m³, 1.2× usualRadomskoRadomsko, 5 September: 14.6 µg/m³, 1.2× usualRadomsko, 6 September: no readingRadomsko, 7 September: no readingRadomsko, 8 September: 20.2 µg/m³, 1.7× usualRadomsko, 9 September: 21.3 µg/m³, 1.8× usualRadomsko, 10 September: 23.1 µg/m³, 2.0× usualRadomsko, 11 September: 24.7 µg/m³, 2.1× usualRadomsko, 12 September: 30.5 µg/m³, 2.6× usualRadomsko, 13 September: 31.8 µg/m³, 2.7× usualRadomsko, 14 September: 13.5 µg/m³, 1.1× usualRadomsko, 15 September: no readingRadomsko, 16 September: no readingPułtuskPułtusk, 5 September: 9.8 µg/m³, 0.8× usualPułtusk, 6 September: no readingPułtusk, 7 September: no readingPułtusk, 8 September: 13.7 µg/m³, 1.2× usualPułtusk, 9 September: 15.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualPułtusk, 10 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 1.6× usualPułtusk, 11 September: 17.4 µg/m³, 1.5× usualPułtusk, 12 September: 30.4 µg/m³, 2.6× usualPułtusk, 13 September: 23.4 µg/m³, 2.0× usualPułtusk, 14 September: 7.0 µg/m³, 0.6× usualPułtusk, 15 September: 4.3 µg/m³, 0.4× usualPułtusk, 16 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.6× usualKaliszKalisz, 5 September: 15.7 µg/m³, 1.2× usualKalisz, 6 September: no readingKalisz, 7 September: no readingKalisz, 8 September: 21.2 µg/m³, 1.6× usualKalisz, 9 September: 22.8 µg/m³, 1.8× usualKalisz, 10 September: 22.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualKalisz, 11 September: 24.2 µg/m³, 1.9× usualKalisz, 12 September: 28.8 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKalisz, 13 September: 25.6 µg/m³, 2.0× usualKalisz, 14 September: 8.6 µg/m³, 0.7× usualKalisz, 15 September: 6.9 µg/m³, 0.5× usualKalisz, 16 September: 11.9 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKutnoKutno, 5 September: 11.1 µg/m³, 1.0× usualKutno, 6 September: no readingKutno, 7 September: no readingKutno, 8 September: no readingKutno, 9 September: no readingKutno, 10 September: no readingKutno, 11 September: no readingKutno, 12 September: 28.6 µg/m³, 2.5× usualKutno, 13 September: 25.3 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKutno, 14 September: 7.4 µg/m³, 0.6× usualKutno, 15 September: 5.7 µg/m³, 0.5× usualKutno, 16 September: 9.0 µg/m³, 0.8× usualKielceKielce, 5 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKielce, 6 September: no readingKielce, 7 September: no readingKielce, 8 September: 16.3 µg/m³, 1.6× usualKielce, 9 September: 22.2 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKielce, 10 September: 22.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKielce, 11 September: 22.1 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKielce, 12 September: 28.2 µg/m³, 2.8× usualKielce, 13 September: 29.2 µg/m³, 2.9× usualKielce, 14 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKielce, 15 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.7× usualKielce, 16 September: 11.3 µg/m³, 1.1× usualSiedlceSiedlce, 5 September: 12.6 µg/m³, 1.0× usualSiedlce, 6 September: no readingSiedlce, 7 September: no readingSiedlce, 8 September: 12.5 µg/m³, 1.0× usualSiedlce, 9 September: 17.9 µg/m³, 1.4× usualSiedlce, 10 September: 8.1 µg/m³, 0.6× usualSiedlce, 11 September: 16.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSiedlce, 12 September: 27.4 µg/m³, 2.2× usualSiedlce, 13 September: 27.4 µg/m³, 2.2× usualSiedlce, 14 September: 10.4 µg/m³, 0.8× usualSiedlce, 15 September: 5.1 µg/m³, 0.4× usualSiedlce, 16 September: 6.4 µg/m³, 0.5× usualOlomoucOlomouc, 5 September: 12.5 µg/m³, 1.4× usualOlomouc, 6 September: 14.8 µg/m³, 1.7× usualOlomouc, 7 September: 17.8 µg/m³, 2.0× usualOlomouc, 8 September: 15.9 µg/m³, 1.8× usualOlomouc, 9 September: 16.7 µg/m³, 1.9× usualOlomouc, 10 September: 20.5 µg/m³, 2.4× usualOlomouc, 11 September: 18.8 µg/m³, 2.2× usualOlomouc, 12 September: 27.3 µg/m³, 3.1× usualOlomouc, 13 September: 29.3 µg/m³, 3.4× usualOlomouc, 14 September: 10.9 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOlomouc, 15 September: 8.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualOlomouc, 16 September: 11.0 µg/m³, 1.3× usualTrnavaTrnava, 5 September: 12.7 µg/m³, 1.5× usualTrnava, 6 September: 14.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualTrnava, 7 September: 16.0 µg/m³, 2.0× usualTrnava, 8 September: 19.7 µg/m³, 2.4× usualTrnava, 9 September: 16.5 µg/m³, 2.0× usualTrnava, 10 September: no readingTrnava, 11 September: 21.7 µg/m³, 2.6× usualTrnava, 12 September: 27.1 µg/m³, 3.3× usualTrnava, 13 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 3.1× usualTrnava, 14 September: 7.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualTrnava, 15 September: 10.0 µg/m³, 1.2× usualTrnava, 16 September: 12.0 µg/m³, 1.5× usualEłkEłk, 5 September: 7.0 µg/m³, 0.8× usualEłk, 6 September: no readingEłk, 7 September: no readingEłk, 8 September: 11.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualEłk, 9 September: 13.4 µg/m³, 1.5× usualEłk, 10 September: 10.0 µg/m³, 1.1× usualEłk, 11 September: 17.9 µg/m³, 2.0× usualEłk, 12 September: 26.7 µg/m³, 3.0× usualEłk, 13 September: 25.7 µg/m³, 2.9× usualEłk, 14 September: 6.9 µg/m³, 0.8× usualEłk, 15 September: 3.6 µg/m³, 0.4× usualEłk, 16 September: 5.8 µg/m³, 0.7× usualKościanKościan, 5 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKościan, 6 September: no readingKościan, 7 September: no readingKościan, 8 September: 19.1 µg/m³, 1.9× usualKościan, 9 September: 21.3 µg/m³, 2.2× usualKościan, 10 September: 20.6 µg/m³, 2.1× usualKościan, 11 September: 23.1 µg/m³, 2.4× usualKościan, 12 September: 26.4 µg/m³, 2.7× usualKościan, 13 September: 17.4 µg/m³, 1.8× usualKościan, 14 September: 7.8 µg/m³, 0.8× usualKościan, 15 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.7× usualKościan, 16 September: 9.5 µg/m³, 1.0× usualGrazGraz, 5 September: 9.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualGraz, 6 September: 12.7 µg/m³, 1.4× usualGraz, 7 September: 13.0 µg/m³, 1.5× usualGraz, 8 September: 14.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualGraz, 9 September: 15.8 µg/m³, 1.8× usualGraz, 10 September: 17.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualGraz, 11 September: 19.9 µg/m³, 2.3× usualGraz, 12 September: 26.0 µg/m³, 3.0× usualGraz, 13 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.7× usualGraz, 14 September: 8.0 µg/m³, 0.9× usualGraz, 15 September: 10.2 µg/m³, 1.2× usualGraz, 16 September: 10.8 µg/m³, 1.2× usualBolzanoBolzano, 5 September: 13.5 µg/m³, 1.6× usualBolzano, 6 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 1.3× usualBolzano, 7 September: 13.4 µg/m³, 1.6× usualBolzano, 8 September: 14.8 µg/m³, 1.8× usualBolzano, 9 September: 16.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualBolzano, 10 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualBolzano, 11 September: 21.2 µg/m³, 2.6× usualBolzano, 12 September: 25.9 µg/m³, 3.1× usualBolzano, 13 September: 18.8 µg/m³, 2.3× usualBolzano, 14 September: 11.2 µg/m³, 1.3× usualBolzano, 15 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.1× usualBolzano, 16 September: 9.1 µg/m³, 1.1× usualLęborkLębork, 5 September: 10.5 µg/m³, 1.5× usualLębork, 6 September: no readingLębork, 7 September: no readingLębork, 8 September: 14.0 µg/m³, 2.0× usualLębork, 9 September: 19.4 µg/m³, 2.8× usualLębork, 10 September: 20.7 µg/m³, 3.0× usualLębork, 11 September: 23.7 µg/m³, 3.4× usualLębork, 12 September: 25.8 µg/m³, 3.7× usualLębork, 13 September: 18.9 µg/m³, 2.7× usualLębork, 14 September: 2.5 µg/m³, 0.4× usualLębork, 15 September: 3.7 µg/m³, 0.5× usualLębork, 16 September: 8.6 µg/m³, 1.2× usualLegionowoLegionowo, 5 September: 9.8 µg/m³, 1.1× usualLegionowo, 6 September: no readingLegionowo, 7 September: no readingLegionowo, 8 September: 16.9 µg/m³, 1.8× usualLegionowo, 9 September: 24.6 µg/m³, 2.7× usualLegionowo, 10 September: 20.8 µg/m³, 2.3× usualLegionowo, 11 September: 17.8 µg/m³, 1.9× usualLegionowo, 12 September: 25.3 µg/m³, 2.8× usualLegionowo, 13 September: 22.5 µg/m³, 2.4× usualLegionowo, 14 September: 8.0 µg/m³, 0.9× usualLegionowo, 15 September: 4.0 µg/m³, 0.4× usualLegionowo, 16 September: 6.7 µg/m³, 0.7× usualPřerovPřerov, 5 September: 10.0 µg/m³, 1.2× usualPřerov, 6 September: 13.3 µg/m³, 1.6× usualPřerov, 7 September: 13.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualPřerov, 8 September: 16.2 µg/m³, 2.0× usualPřerov, 9 September: 17.6 µg/m³, 2.1× usualPřerov, 10 September: 15.8 µg/m³, 1.9× usualPřerov, 11 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualPřerov, 12 September: 25.0 µg/m³, 3.0× usualPřerov, 13 September: 26.6 µg/m³, 3.2× usualPřerov, 14 September: 8.3 µg/m³, 1.0× usualPřerov, 15 September: 8.3 µg/m³, 1.0× usualPřerov, 16 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.1× usualWarsawWarsaw, 5 September: 15.2 µg/m³, 1.4× usualWarsaw, 6 September: no readingWarsaw, 7 September: no readingWarsaw, 8 September: 19.3 µg/m³, 1.8× usualWarsaw, 9 September: 23.7 µg/m³, 2.2× usualWarsaw, 10 September: 22.6 µg/m³, 2.1× usualWarsaw, 11 September: 22.5 µg/m³, 2.1× usualWarsaw, 12 September: 25.0 µg/m³, 2.4× usualWarsaw, 13 September: 26.0 µg/m³, 2.5× usualWarsaw, 14 September: 10.7 µg/m³, 1.0× usualWarsaw, 15 September: 6.2 µg/m³, 0.6× usualWarsaw, 16 September: 6.7 µg/m³, 0.6× usualŁaskŁask, 5 September: 11.5 µg/m³, 1.0× usualŁask, 6 September: no readingŁask, 7 September: no readingŁask, 8 September: 19.4 µg/m³, 1.7× usualŁask, 9 September: 21.7 µg/m³, 1.9× usualŁask, 10 September: 23.4 µg/m³, 2.1× usualŁask, 11 September: 21.4 µg/m³, 1.9× usualŁask, 12 September: 25.0 µg/m³, 2.2× usualŁask, 13 September: no readingŁask, 14 September: 7.7 µg/m³, 0.7× usualŁask, 15 September: 4.8 µg/m³, 0.4× usualŁask, 16 September: 9.3 µg/m³, 0.8× usualAugustówAugustów, 5 September: 10.9 µg/m³, 1.2× usualAugustów, 6 September: no readingAugustów, 7 September: no readingAugustów, 8 September: 10.6 µg/m³, 1.1× usualAugustów, 9 September: 11.3 µg/m³, 1.2× usualAugustów, 10 September: 9.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualAugustów, 11 September: 16.9 µg/m³, 1.8× usualAugustów, 12 September: 24.7 µg/m³, 2.6× usualAugustów, 13 September: 33.9 µg/m³, 3.6× usualAugustów, 14 September: 9.3 µg/m³, 1.0× usualAugustów, 15 September: 4.1 µg/m³, 0.4× usualAugustów, 16 September: 7.1 µg/m³, 0.8× usualGrajewoGrajewo, 5 September: 8.9 µg/m³, 0.6× usualGrajewo, 6 September: no readingGrajewo, 7 September: no readingGrajewo, 8 September: 12.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualGrajewo, 9 September: 12.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualGrajewo, 10 September: 10.6 µg/m³, 0.7× usualGrajewo, 11 September: 25.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualGrajewo, 12 September: 28.6 µg/m³, 2.0× usualGrajewo, 13 September: 30.6 µg/m³, 2.1× usualGrajewo, 14 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.5× usualGrajewo, 15 September: 3.5 µg/m³, 0.2× usualGrajewo, 16 September: 5.8 µg/m³, 0.4× usualKaunasKaunas, 5 September: 7.7 µg/m³, 1.1× usualKaunas, 6 September: 10.6 µg/m³, 1.5× usualKaunas, 7 September: 6.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualKaunas, 8 September: 9.7 µg/m³, 1.4× usualKaunas, 9 September: no readingKaunas, 10 September: no readingKaunas, 11 September: no readingKaunas, 12 September: 20.0 µg/m³, 2.9× usualKaunas, 13 September: 28.6 µg/m³, 4.1× usualKaunas, 14 September: 11.8 µg/m³, 1.7× usualKaunas, 15 September: no readingKaunas, 16 September: no readingSuwałkiSuwałki, 5 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSuwałki, 6 September: no readingSuwałki, 7 September: no readingSuwałki, 8 September: 9.6 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSuwałki, 9 September: 9.9 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSuwałki, 10 September: 10.3 µg/m³, 1.4× usualSuwałki, 11 September: 12.8 µg/m³, 1.7× usualSuwałki, 12 September: 22.0 µg/m³, 3.0× usualSuwałki, 13 September: 28.4 µg/m³, 3.8× usualSuwałki, 14 September: 17.8 µg/m³, 2.4× usualSuwałki, 15 September: 9.7 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSuwałki, 16 September: 10.1 µg/m³, 1.4× usualTarnówTarnów, 5 September: 13.3 µg/m³, 1.7× usualTarnów, 6 September: no readingTarnów, 7 September: no readingTarnów, 8 September: no readingTarnów, 9 September: 22.5 µg/m³, 2.8× usualTarnów, 10 September: 18.0 µg/m³, 2.3× usualTarnów, 11 September: 16.3 µg/m³, 2.0× usualTarnów, 12 September: 24.1 µg/m³, 3.0× usualTarnów, 13 September: 28.0 µg/m³, 3.5× usualTarnów, 14 September: 18.2 µg/m³, 2.3× usualTarnów, 15 September: 7.8 µg/m³, 1.0× usualTarnów, 16 September: 9.7 µg/m³, 1.2× usualHavířovHavířov, 5 September: 10.8 µg/m³, 1.1× usualHavířov, 6 September: 14.1 µg/m³, 1.4× usualHavířov, 7 September: 16.8 µg/m³, 1.7× usualHavířov, 8 September: 18.5 µg/m³, 1.9× usualHavířov, 9 September: 21.8 µg/m³, 2.2× usualHavířov, 10 September: 21.9 µg/m³, 2.2× usualHavířov, 11 September: 17.1 µg/m³, 1.7× usualHavířov, 12 September: 22.7 µg/m³, 2.3× usualHavířov, 13 September: 26.8 µg/m³, 2.7× usualHavířov, 14 September: 9.2 µg/m³, 0.9× usualHavířov, 15 September: 9.5 µg/m³, 1.0× usualHavířov, 16 September: 11.1 µg/m³, 1.1× usualČeský TěšínČeský Těšín, 5 September: 12.6 µg/m³, 1.2× usualČeský Těšín, 6 September: 14.5 µg/m³, 1.4× usualČeský Těšín, 7 September: 17.8 µg/m³, 1.7× usualČeský Těšín, 8 September: 16.6 µg/m³, 1.6× usualČeský Těšín, 9 September: 20.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualČeský Těšín, 10 September: 18.8 µg/m³, 1.8× usualČeský Těšín, 11 September: 19.8 µg/m³, 1.9× usualČeský Těšín, 12 September: 21.9 µg/m³, 2.1× usualČeský Těšín, 13 September: 26.8 µg/m³, 2.5× usualČeský Těšín, 14 September: 8.4 µg/m³, 0.8× usualČeský Těšín, 15 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 0.9× usualČeský Těšín, 16 September: 10.8 µg/m³, 1.0× usualOstravaOstrava, 5 September: 11.5 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOstrava, 6 September: 15.4 µg/m³, 1.7× usualOstrava, 7 September: 17.2 µg/m³, 1.9× usualOstrava, 8 September: 18.7 µg/m³, 2.1× usualOstrava, 9 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.7× usualOstrava, 10 September: 20.1 µg/m³, 2.2× usualOstrava, 11 September: 18.7 µg/m³, 2.1× usualOstrava, 12 September: 24.2 µg/m³, 2.7× usualOstrava, 13 September: 26.6 µg/m³, 3.0× usualOstrava, 14 September: 7.8 µg/m³, 0.9× usualOstrava, 15 September: 11.5 µg/m³, 1.3× usualOstrava, 16 September: 15.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualStarachowiceStarachowice, 5 September: 12.4 µg/m³, 1.2× usualStarachowice, 6 September: no readingStarachowice, 7 September: no readingStarachowice, 8 September: 17.0 µg/m³, 1.7× usualStarachowice, 9 September: 19.7 µg/m³, 2.0× usualStarachowice, 10 September: 23.4 µg/m³, 2.3× usualStarachowice, 11 September: 19.8 µg/m³, 2.0× usualStarachowice, 12 September: 24.0 µg/m³, 2.4× usualStarachowice, 13 September: 26.3 µg/m³, 2.6× usualStarachowice, 14 September: 8.9 µg/m³, 0.9× usualStarachowice, 15 September: 5.6 µg/m³, 0.6× usualStarachowice, 16 September: 9.9 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBiałystokBiałystok, 5 September: 10.2 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBiałystok, 6 September: no readingBiałystok, 7 September: no readingBiałystok, 8 September: 12.6 µg/m³, 1.3× usualBiałystok, 9 September: 13.3 µg/m³, 1.3× usualBiałystok, 10 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 0.7× usualBiałystok, 11 September: 17.1 µg/m³, 1.7× usualBiałystok, 12 September: 23.0 µg/m³, 2.3× usualBiałystok, 13 September: 25.8 µg/m³, 2.6× usualBiałystok, 14 September: 8.7 µg/m³, 0.9× usualBiałystok, 15 September: 5.9 µg/m³, 0.6× usualBiałystok, 16 September: 5.7 µg/m³, 0.6× usualBrnoBrno, 5 September: 7.3 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBrno, 6 September: 10.4 µg/m³, 1.5× usualBrno, 7 September: 12.3 µg/m³, 1.8× usualBrno, 8 September: 12.7 µg/m³, 1.8× usualBrno, 9 September: 13.0 µg/m³, 1.9× usualBrno, 10 September: 14.8 µg/m³, 2.1× usualBrno, 11 September: 17.1 µg/m³, 2.4× usualBrno, 12 September: 20.8 µg/m³, 3.0× usualBrno, 13 September: 25.4 µg/m³, 3.6× usualBrno, 14 September: 7.1 µg/m³, 1.0× usualBrno, 15 September: 6.3 µg/m³, 0.9× usualBrno, 16 September: 7.5 µg/m³, 1.1× usualSenicaSenica, 5 September: 9.4 µg/m³, 1.3× usualSenica, 6 September: 11.7 µg/m³, 1.7× usualSenica, 7 September: 16.0 µg/m³, 2.3× usualSenica, 8 September: 15.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualSenica, 9 September: 15.5 µg/m³, 2.2× usualSenica, 10 September: no readingSenica, 11 September: 19.8 µg/m³, 2.8× usualSenica, 12 September: 23.7 µg/m³, 3.4× usualSenica, 13 September: 25.1 µg/m³, 3.6× usualSenica, 14 September: 5.8 µg/m³, 0.8× usualSenica, 15 September: 7.6 µg/m³, 1.1× usualSenica, 16 September: 6.9 µg/m³, 1.0× usual5 Sep79111315
Every counted city, in the order the episode reached them, 3 days before to 3 after. Each square is a day, coloured by that day's PM2.5; outlined: at twice the city's usual or more.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

Every city it reached

CityDaysHighestUsualAbove usual
BremerhavenBremen, Germany1 32.110 September4.86.4×
KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany1 30.410 September4.16.1×
OytenLower Saxony, Germany1 29.510 September4.55.9×
ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany1 28.410 September3.65.7×
DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany1 25.310 September4.75.1×
ŚwinoujścieWest Pomerania, Poland1 30.68 September6.74.6×
OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany1 26.110 September6.14.3×
DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland6 38.312 September9.04.3×
KaunasKaunas, Lithuania1 28.613 September6.94.1×
DunaújvárosFejér, Hungary1 33.512 September8.44.0×
BohumínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia1 31.610 September8.23.9×
SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland1 28.413 September7.43.8×
LęborkPomerania, Poland1 25.812 September7.03.7×
BrnoSouth Moravian, Czechia1 25.413 September7.03.6×
AugustówPodlasie, Poland1 33.913 September9.43.6×
SenicaTrnava Region, Slovakia1 25.113 September7.03.6×
TarnówLesser Poland, Poland1 28.013 September8.03.5×
OlomoucOlomouc Region, Czechia2 29.313 September8.73.4×
TrnavaTrnava Region, Slovakia2 27.112 September8.23.3×
LublinLublin, Poland3 35.313 September10.83.3×
BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland2 26.810 September8.33.2×
PřerovOlomouc Region, Czechia2 26.613 September8.33.2×
MielecSubcarpathia, Poland3 30.312 September9.63.2×
BolzanoTrentino-Alto Adige, Italy1 25.912 September8.33.1×
ZamośćLublin, Poland2 33.012 September10.63.1×
ŁukówLublin, Poland3 41.711 September13.83.0×
EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland2 26.712 September8.93.0×
OstravaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia1 26.613 September9.03.0×
GrazStyria, Austria1 26.012 September8.83.0×
RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland1 25.28 September8.62.9×
KielceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland2 29.213 September10.12.9×
KrakówLesser Poland, Poland5 30.512 September10.62.9×
ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland2 28.312 September10.12.8×
LegionowoMazovia, Poland1 25.312 September9.22.8×
HavířovMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia1 26.813 September9.82.7×
RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland2 31.813 September11.82.7×
KościanGreater Poland, Poland1 26.412 September9.82.7×
StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland1 26.313 September10.02.6×
NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland3 29.213 September11.32.6×
BiałystokPodlasie, Poland1 25.813 September10.02.6×
PułtuskMazovia, Poland1 30.412 September11.92.6×
Český TěšínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia1 26.813 September10.62.5×
KatowiceSilesia, Poland2 27.89 September11.02.5×
KutnoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland2 28.612 September11.52.5×
WarsawMazovia, Poland2 26.013 September10.62.5×
PruszkówMazovia, Poland1 25.29 September10.72.4×
Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland2 26.89 September11.52.3×
KaliszGreater Poland, Poland1 28.812 September12.92.2×
ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland1 25.012 September11.32.2×
SiedlceMazovia, Poland2 27.412 September12.52.2×
GrajewoPodlasie, Poland1 30.613 September14.32.1×

Daily means in µg/m³. Usual: the city's median for this time of year (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that.

Against other episodes in Poland and Czechia

Number 3 of 13 episodes in Poland and Czechia since our records began, by cities reached.

Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 13.

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SmogRank, Eastern Europe, September 2023: 51 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 8 to 13 September 2023, smogrank.com/episodes/2023-09-eastern-europe (accessed 2 October 2026).

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An episode is a run of days when many cities close to each other (four or more within 350 km on a day, 8 or more in all) each had a daily PM2.5 mean of at least 25 µg/m³ and at least 2 times their usual for that time of year. Found in our own measurements, not picked by hand. How we find episodes. Values are each city's daily mean of its own monitors; causes are the usual kinds for a pattern like this, not a confirmed source.