Eastern Europe, March and April 2024
For 5 days, from 29 March to 2 April 2024, 228 cities in Germany, Poland, Czechia and 10 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Traunreut, Bavaria, Germany: 93.7 µg/m³ on 30 March, about 12× its usual 8.1.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| TraunreutBavaria, Germany | 3 | 93.730 March | 12× |
| StarnbergBavaria, Germany | 2 | 66.530 March | 10× |
| Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria, Germany | 2 | 64.530 March | 9.1× |
| LindauBavaria, Germany | 2 | 61.630 March | 8.6× |
| BurghausenBavaria, Germany | 2 | 72.430 March | 8.3× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 79.431 March | 8.0× |
| Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 60.231 March | 7.3× |
| Schwandorf in BayernBavaria, Germany | 2 | 59.730 March | 7.2× |
| LubnjowBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 54.531 March | 7.1× |
| CoburgBavaria, Germany | 2 | 47.530 March | 6.9× |
| StrausbergBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 53.731 March | 6.8× |
| LuckenwaldeBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 50.631 March | 6.7× |
| FalkenseeBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 47.531 March | 6.6× |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 65.231 March | 6.5× |
| VeszprémVeszprém, Hungary | 1 | 56.11 April | 6.4× |
| Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 57.731 March | 6.3× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 55.030 March | 6.3× |
| SalzgitterLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 41.331 March | 6.2× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 55.931 March | 6.1× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 52.731 March | 6.1× |
| PotsdamBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 48.331 March | 6.0× |
| Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 3 | 55.631 March | 5.9× |
| NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 50.031 March | 5.9× |
| EsztergomKomárom-Esztergom, Hungary | 1 | 65.41 April | 5.8× |
| BihaćFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 62.71 April | 5.8× |
| České BudějoviceSouth Bohemian Region, Czechia | 2 | 53.031 March | 5.8× |
| KleinmachnowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 43.131 March | 5.7× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 63.531 March | 5.7× |
| BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 42.731 March | 5.7× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 3 | 45.831 March | 5.7× |
| KreuzlingenThurgau, Switzerland | 1 | 32.330 March | 5.6× |
| Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 2 | 46.231 March | 5.5× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 51.130 March | 5.5× |
| KelheimBavaria, Germany | 2 | 42.230 March | 5.5× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 47.531 March | 5.4× |
| GoslarLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 32.831 March | 5.4× |
| MunichBavaria, Germany | 1 | 47.330 March | 5.4× |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 43.530 March | 5.4× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 41.531 March | 5.3× |
| PrievidzaTrenčín Region, Slovakia | 3 | 56.71 April | 5.3× |
| SuhlThuringia, Germany | 2 | 37.630 March | 5.3× |
| PtujUrban Municipality of Ptuj, Slovenia | 2 | 49.21 April | 5.2× |
| MariborUrban Municipality of Maribor, Slovenia | 3 | 44.41 April | 5.2× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 3 | 61.631 March | 5.2× |
| PécsBaranya, Hungary | 1 | 45.41 April | 5.2× |
| WeidenBavaria, Germany | 2 | 46.530 March | 5.2× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 40.830 March | 5.2× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 31.331 March | 5.1× |
| MostÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 46.531 March | 5.1× |
| CottbusBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 43.731 March | 5.1× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 38.031 March | 5.1× |
| NordhausenThuringia, Germany | 3 | 40.531 March | 5.1× |
| AalenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 36.430 March | 5.1× |
| DunaújvárosFejér, Hungary | 1 | 51.41 April | 5.0× |
| MeiningenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 29.630 March | 5.0× |
| KladnoCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 2 | 53.631 March | 5.0× |
| KlaipėdaKlaipėda County, Lithuania | 1 | 36.91 April | 5.0× |
| GöttingenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 34.531 March | 4.9× |
| SokolovCarlsbad Region, Czechia | 2 | 32.331 March | 4.9× |
| Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 40.530 March | 4.8× |
| Novo MestoUrban Municipality of Novo Mesto, Slovenia | 2 | 47.51 April | 4.8× |
| RintelnLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 31.631 March | 4.8× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 42.131 March | 4.8× |
| KadaňÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 42.031 March | 4.8× |
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.631 March | 4.8× |
| NurembergBavaria, Germany | 1 | 40.830 March | 4.7× |
| JenaThuringia, Germany | 3 | 35.031 March | 4.7× |
| SaalfeldThuringia, Germany | 2 | 36.330 March | 4.7× |
| VilniusVilnius, Lithuania | 2 | 38.42 April | 4.7× |
| PilsenPlzeň Region, Czechia | 2 | 43.031 March | 4.7× |
| TřinecMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 59.71 April | 4.7× |
| GyöngyösHeves County, Hungary | 1 | 43.71 April | 4.6× |
| FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 34.730 March | 4.6× |
| DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 32.831 March | 4.6× |
| KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 32.330 March | 4.5× |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 35.031 March | 4.5× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 2 | 50.931 March | 4.5× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 39.031 March | 4.5× |
| BogatyniaLower Silesia, Poland | 2 | 36.731 March | 4.5× |
| GeraThuringia, Germany | 3 | 40.731 March | 4.5× |
| OpavaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 50.21 April | 4.4× |
| Hradec KrálovéHradec Králové Region, Czechia | 3 | 50.231 March | 4.4× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 1 | 30.631 March | 4.4× |
| KoperUrban Municipality of Koper, Slovenia | 2 | 33.31 April | 4.4× |
| BambergBavaria, Germany | 1 | 36.730 March | 4.4× |
| MartinŽilina Region, Slovakia | 3 | 59.81 April | 4.4× |
| Ústí nad LabemÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 39.631 March | 4.4× |
| IngolstadtBavaria, Germany | 1 | 41.530 March | 4.3× |
| Banská BystricaBanská Bystrica Region, Slovakia | 1 | 38.41 April | 4.3× |
| Valašské MeziříčíZlín, Czechia | 3 | 51.31 April | 4.3× |
| NeuruppinBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 34.031 March | 4.3× |
| PardubicePardubice Region, Czechia | 2 | 44.831 March | 4.3× |
| SondershausenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 29.331 March | 4.2× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 29.731 March | 4.2× |
| KomárnoNitra Region, Slovakia | 1 | 46.01 April | 4.2× |
| CapannoriTuscany, Italy | 1 | 40.831 March | 4.2× |
| EisenachThuringia, Germany | 1 | 29.431 March | 4.2× |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 46.131 March | 4.2× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 1 | 46.51 April | 4.2× |
| LitvínovÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 40.231 March | 4.2× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 3 | 57.031 March | 4.2× |
| RēzekneRēzekne, Latvia | 2 | 44.12 April | 4.2× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 26.931 March | 4.1× |
| Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 33.330 March | 4.1× |
| OstravaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 51.31 April | 4.1× |
| ZnojmoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 3 | 44.131 March | 4.1× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 3 | 31.731 March | 4.1× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 2 | 36.131 March | 4.1× |
| TrbovljeMunicipality of Trbovlje, Slovenia | 2 | 37.01 April | 4.0× |
| DěčínÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 54.631 March | 4.0× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 33.131 March | 3.9× |
| Frýdek-MístekMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 49.11 April | 3.9× |
| Mladá BoleslavCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 1 | 41.631 March | 3.9× |
| SninaPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 38.61 April | 3.9× |
| PrzemyślSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 52.21 April | 3.9× |
| WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 33.531 March | 3.9× |
| LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia | 1 | 33.51 April | 3.9× |
| TepliceÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 39.231 March | 3.9× |
| CeljeUrban Municipality of Celje, Slovenia | 2 | 42.21 April | 3.9× |
| KroměřížZlín, Czechia | 1 | 29.41 April | 3.9× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 2 | 53.231 March | 3.9× |
| PřerovOlomouc Region, Czechia | 2 | 42.61 April | 3.8× |
| ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 29.130 March | 3.8× |
| PopradPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 35.51 April | 3.8× |
| KranjUrban Municipality of Kranj, Slovenia | 2 | 37.71 April | 3.8× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 34.231 March | 3.8× |
| Neu-UlmBavaria, Germany | 1 | 29.230 March | 3.7× |
| OlsztynWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 39.21 April | 3.7× |
| GyálPest County, Hungary | 1 | 36.41 April | 3.7× |
| KrosnoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 41.51 April | 3.7× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 29.731 March | 3.7× |
| AnsbachBavaria, Germany | 1 | 31.130 March | 3.7× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 1 | 32.831 March | 3.6× |
| MarktredwitzBavaria, Germany | 2 | 30.631 March | 3.6× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 32.731 March | 3.6× |
| BerounCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 2 | 45.231 March | 3.6× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 1 | 27.431 March | 3.6× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.630 March | 3.5× |
| MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 1 | 53.61 April | 3.5× |
| Český TěšínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 48.21 April | 3.5× |
| BohumínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 48.21 April | 3.5× |
| Wodzisław ŚląskiSilesia, Poland | 3 | 48.21 April | 3.5× |
| PartizánskeTrenčín Region, Slovakia | 1 | 36.51 April | 3.5× |
| WittenbergeBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 26.331 March | 3.5× |
| LiberecLiberec Region, Czechia | 2 | 36.031 March | 3.5× |
| CieszynSilesia, Poland | 3 | 48.21 April | 3.5× |
| HandlováTrenčín Region, Slovakia | 1 | 31.41 April | 3.5× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 2 | 37.630 March | 3.4× |
| SzegedCsongrád, Hungary | 1 | 34.81 April | 3.4× |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.831 March | 3.4× |
| HavířovMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 3 | 46.11 April | 3.3× |
| KaunasKaunas, Lithuania | 2 | 29.41 April | 3.3× |
| BardejovPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 41.11 April | 3.2× |
| Žiar nad HronomBanská Bystrica Region, Slovakia | 1 | 28.21 April | 3.2× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 2 | 38.11 April | 3.2× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 2 | 33.631 March | 3.1× |
| RigaRiga, Latvia | 2 | 27.72 April | 3.1× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 28.631 March | 3.1× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.030 March | 3.1× |
| ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 39.81 April | 3.0× |
| ŽilinaŽilina Region, Slovakia | 2 | 41.51 April | 3.0× |
| BratislavaBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 30.21 April | 3.0× |
| OlomoucOlomouc Region, Czechia | 2 | 33.91 April | 3.0× |
| Cluj-NapocaCluj County, Romania | 1 | 33.91 April | 3.0× |
| LęborkPomerania, Poland | 2 | 43.931 March | 3.0× |
| PruszkówMazovia, Poland | 2 | 43.61 April | 3.0× |
| GoriziaFriuli Venezia Giulia, Italy | 1 | 26.231 March | 3.0× |
| ZvolenBanská Bystrica Region, Slovakia | 1 | 34.51 April | 3.0× |
| PassauBavaria, Germany | 1 | 30.331 March | 3.0× |
| BytówPomerania, Poland | 2 | 35.231 March | 3.0× |
| SenecBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 29.51 April | 3.0× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 2 | 40.431 March | 2.9× |
| TravnikFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 37.527 March | 2.9× |
| KazincbarcikaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 1 | 38.31 April | 2.9× |
| TrnavaTrnava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 34.21 April | 2.9× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 36.61 April | 2.9× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 1 | 26.51 April | 2.9× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 2 | 35.91 April | 2.9× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 40.71 April | 2.9× |
| SenicaTrnava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 33.11 April | 2.9× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 2 | 41.331 March | 2.8× |
| Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland | 1 | 36.41 April | 2.8× |
| BrnoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 2 | 27.831 March | 2.8× |
| WawerMazovia, Poland | 1 | 33.71 April | 2.7× |
| ČadcaŽilina Region, Slovakia | 2 | 40.431 March | 2.7× |
| ŽideniceSouth Moravian, Czechia | 1 | 27.41 April | 2.7× |
| NitraNitra Region, Slovakia | 1 | 29.81 April | 2.7× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 2 | 37.51 April | 2.6× |
| Banja LukaSrpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 50.01 April | 2.6× |
| StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 1 | 42.01 April | 2.6× |
| KutnoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 38.71 April | 2.6× |
| PułtuskMazovia, Poland | 1 | 31.71 April | 2.6× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 2 | 34.11 April | 2.6× |
| ŻyrardówMazovia, Poland | 1 | 36.71 April | 2.5× |
| WarsawMazovia, Poland | 1 | 34.31 April | 2.5× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 2 | 39.631 March | 2.5× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 1 | 28.01 April | 2.5× |
| SiedlceMazovia, Poland | 1 | 37.51 April | 2.5× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 33.21 April | 2.5× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.331 March | 2.5× |
| FutogVojvodina, Serbia | 1 | 33.21 April | 2.5× |
| PłockMazovia, Poland | 2 | 32.31 April | 2.4× |
| NáchodHradec Králové Region, Czechia | 2 | 38.431 March | 2.4× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 1 | 37.81 April | 2.4× |
| Vranov nad TopľouPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 30.61 April | 2.4× |
| KrakówLesser Poland, Poland | 1 | 41.81 April | 2.4× |
| RacibórzSilesia, Poland | 1 | 35.71 April | 2.4× |
| DziałdowoWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 42.31 April | 2.4× |
| PrešovPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 35.51 April | 2.4× |
| Liptovský Mikulᚎilina Region, Slovakia | 1 | 25.430 March | 2.3× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 1 | 32.031 March | 2.3× |
| NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 33.11 April | 2.3× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 1 | 34.01 April | 2.3× |
| Skarżysko-KamiennaŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 1 | 36.91 April | 2.3× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 1 | 36.131 March | 2.3× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 36.11 April | 2.3× |
| KościanGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 39.431 March | 2.2× |
| GrajewoPodlasie, Poland | 1 | 32.31 April | 2.2× |
| KošiceKošice Region, Slovakia | 1 | 29.81 April | 2.2× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 1 | 35.91 April | 2.2× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 2 | 29.51 April | 2.2× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 1 | 31.01 April | 2.2× |
| RužomberokŽilina Region, Slovakia | 1 | 28.41 April | 2.1× |
| ŚwiecieKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 2 | 27.031 March | 2.1× |
| HumennéPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 30.41 April | 2.1× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 38.21 April | 2.1× |
| Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland | 1 | 36.31 April | 2.0× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 32.41 April | 2.0× |
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 Germany and Poland
Number 13 of 57 episodes in Germany and Poland since our records began, by cities reached.
- Central Europe, February 2023608
- Central Europe, February and March 2025513
- Central Europe, February 2025503
- Central Europe, January and February 2026498
- Central Europe, March 2025458
- Central Europe, January 2024449
- Central Europe, March 2026442
- Central Europe, January 2025383
- Central Europe, March 2026361
- Central Europe, March 2025333
- Central Europe, February and March 2024264
- Eastern Europe, November 2024260
- Eastern Europe, March and April 2024228
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 57.
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SmogRank, Eastern Europe, March and April 2024: 228 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 29 March to 2 April 2024, smogrank.com/episodes/2024-03-eastern-europe (accessed 3 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.