Central Europe, March 2025
For 11 days, from 3 to 13 March 2025, 458 cities in Germany, Poland, France and 23 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Negotin, Central Serbia, Serbia: 152.0 µg/m³ on 10 March, about 2.6× its usual 58.6.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| KaunasKaunas, Lithuania | 6 | 122.48 March | 12× |
| BexleyEngland, United Kingdom | 6 | 70.010 March | 10× |
| KlaipėdaKlaipėda County, Lithuania | 5 | 76.49 March | 9.9× |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | 6 | 63.310 March | 9.4× |
| KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 60.410 March | 8.2× |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | 5 | 64.510 March | 8.0× |
| VilniusVilnius, Lithuania | 5 | 82.112 March | 7.8× |
| DagenhamEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 38.010 March | 7.6× |
| TournaiWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 40.410 March | 7.3× |
| Flémalle-HauteWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 35.510 March | 6.7× |
| DunkirkHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 64.010 March | 6.5× |
| CherbourgNormandy, France | 2 | 45.35 March | 6.5× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 58.510 March | 6.4× |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 57.710 March | 6.3× |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 56.011 March | 6.2× |
| NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 35.311 March | 6.2× |
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 3 | 41.410 March | 6.2× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 51.210 March | 6.2× |
| GoslarLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 39.311 March | 6.1× |
| Le HavreNormandy, France | 2 | 51.45 March | 6.1× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 6 | 57.710 March | 6.1× |
| GraysEngland, United Kingdom | 5 | 54.510 March | 6.1× |
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 5 | 47.610 March | 6.0× |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 50.010 March | 6.0× |
| SalzgitterLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 48.111 March | 6.0× |
| PurmerendNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 50.55 March | 6.0× |
| The HagueSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 47.34 March | 6.0× |
| CaenNormandy, France | 2 | 40.65 March | 6.0× |
| BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 53.510 March | 5.9× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 55.010 March | 5.9× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 56.610 March | 5.8× |
| VelserbroekNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 50.15 March | 5.8× |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 33.110 March | 5.8× |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | 4 | 42.810 March | 5.8× |
| FuldaHesse, Germany | 3 | 49.710 March | 5.8× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 4 | 75.67 March | 5.8× |
| Boulogne-sur-MerHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 52.55 March | 5.8× |
| AarschotFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 41.510 March | 5.8× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 4 | 51.710 March | 5.7× |
| GothenburgVästra Götaland, Sweden | 1 | 43.07 March | 5.7× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 61.311 March | 5.7× |
| LüneburgLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 52.010 March | 5.7× |
| LubnjowBrandenburg, Germany | 5 | 40.811 March | 5.7× |
| MedemblikNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 46.85 March | 5.6× |
| AndenneWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 29.310 March | 5.6× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 50.710 March | 5.6× |
| StrausbergBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 45.511 March | 5.6× |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 48.05 March | 5.6× |
| HouthalenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 50.110 March | 5.6× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 4 | 46.410 March | 5.5× |
| RidderkerkSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 47.45 March | 5.5× |
| BeverenFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 45.710 March | 5.5× |
| MaldegemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 50.55 March | 5.4× |
| MonsWallonia, Belgium | 4 | 36.910 March | 5.4× |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 47.45 March | 5.4× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 4 | 42.510 March | 5.4× |
| JenaThuringia, Germany | 4 | 42.910 March | 5.4× |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 40.711 March | 5.4× |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 40.611 March | 5.3× |
| RixensartWallonia, Belgium | 4 | 37.910 March | 5.3× |
| SpijkenisseSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 47.75 March | 5.3× |
| CalaisHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 53.05 March | 5.3× |
| 's-GravenzandeSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 51.35 March | 5.3× |
| HamburgHamburg, Germany | 7 | 59.610 March | 5.3× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 46.810 March | 5.3× |
| ZwijndrechtFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 43.610 March | 5.3× |
| MolFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 38.110 March | 5.2× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 56.511 March | 5.2× |
| MechelenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 42.510 March | 5.2× |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 5 | 69.811 March | 5.2× |
| MaassluisSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 44.95 March | 5.2× |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 37.611 March | 5.2× |
| Dún LaoghaireLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 38.19 March | 5.1× |
| ZaventemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 41.010 March | 5.1× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 6 | 68.411 March | 5.1× |
| WillebroekFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 39.710 March | 5.1× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 45.810 March | 5.1× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 46.15 March | 5.1× |
| WalsrodeLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 49.410 March | 5.0× |
| NorthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 50.410 March | 5.0× |
| KalmarKalmar, Sweden | 2 | 44.87 March | 5.0× |
| RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 36.211 March | 5.0× |
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 31.111 March | 5.0× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 43.110 March | 5.0× |
| Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 50.510 March | 5.0× |
| StabroekFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 41.310 March | 5.0× |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 41.310 March | 5.0× |
| HasseltFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 38.310 March | 5.0× |
| MalmöSkåne, Sweden | 5 | 40.78 March | 5.0× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 5 | 38.74 March | 5.0× |
| CottbusBrandenburg, Germany | 6 | 48.511 March | 4.9× |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 37.511 March | 4.9× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 50.810 March | 4.9× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 54.710 March | 4.9× |
| DublinLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 34.09 March | 4.9× |
| OlivetCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 33.05 March | 4.9× |
| FalkenseeBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 41.210 March | 4.9× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 38.710 March | 4.9× |
| BremerhavenBremen, Germany | 3 | 41.610 March | 4.9× |
| EvergemFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 45.510 March | 4.9× |
| SuhlThuringia, Germany | 4 | 40.010 March | 4.9× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 46.810 March | 4.9× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 4 | 46.810 March | 4.9× |
| VenrayLimburg, The Netherlands | 4 | 38.04 March | 4.9× |
| RambouilletÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 38.05 March | 4.9× |
| NauenBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 44.810 March | 4.9× |
| Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 48.25 March | 4.9× |
| AntwerpFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 42.810 March | 4.9× |
| ZaanstadNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 45.75 March | 4.9× |
| HillegomSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 37.910 March | 4.9× |
| GießenHesse, Germany | 4 | 45.011 March | 4.8× |
| JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 35.311 March | 4.8× |
| ChartresCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 38.15 March | 4.8× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 53.010 March | 4.8× |
| GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands | 4 | 39.95 March | 4.8× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 43.111 March | 4.8× |
| WolfsburgLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 52.110 March | 4.8× |
| PotsdamBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 46.310 March | 4.8× |
| GöttingenLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 38.511 March | 4.8× |
| Saint-QuentinHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 36.111 March | 4.8× |
| KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 5 | 39.410 March | 4.7× |
| KapellenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 38.910 March | 4.7× |
| BarneveldGelderland, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.010 March | 4.7× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 3 | 43.010 March | 4.7× |
| FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 6 | 42.010 March | 4.7× |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 38.211 March | 4.7× |
| NamurWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 27.810 March | 4.7× |
| KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 40.99 March | 4.7× |
| RintelnLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 39.010 March | 4.7× |
| BuxtehudeLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 47.410 March | 4.7× |
| EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands | 4 | 38.44 March | 4.7× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 6 | 92.412 March | 4.7× |
| PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 36.411 March | 4.7× |
| ÉvreuxNormandy, France | 1 | 37.35 March | 4.7× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 48.011 March | 4.7× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 54.410 March | 4.6× |
| IJsselsteinUtrecht, The Netherlands | 4 | 40.410 March | 4.6× |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 47.310 March | 4.6× |
| MaarssenUtrecht, The Netherlands | 6 | 46.85 March | 4.6× |
| EisenachThuringia, Germany | 4 | 36.79 March | 4.6× |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 32.59 March | 4.6× |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 39.111 March | 4.5× |
| WittenbergeBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 40.010 March | 4.5× |
| NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.310 March | 4.5× |
| Bad WildungenHesse, Germany | 3 | 36.711 March | 4.5× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 38.010 March | 4.5× |
| StendalSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 58.310 March | 4.5× |
| MontluçonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 28.012 March | 4.5× |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 41.411 March | 4.5× |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 39.611 March | 4.5× |
| Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg, Germany | 5 | 45.910 March | 4.5× |
| MeiningenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 29.710 March | 4.5× |
| BadhoevedorpNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 45.85 March | 4.5× |
| DieppeNormandy, France | 3 | 38.65 March | 4.5× |
| KleinmachnowBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 35.710 March | 4.5× |
| KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 41.39 March | 4.4× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 5 | 44.311 March | 4.4× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 5 | 45.610 March | 4.4× |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 36.311 March | 4.4× |
| KristiansandAgder, Norway | 1 | 30.57 March | 4.4× |
| UtrechtUtrecht, The Netherlands | 5 | 37.85 March | 4.4× |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 41.711 March | 4.4× |
| DouaiHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 41.511 March | 4.4× |
| ReimsGrand Est, France | 2 | 32.211 March | 4.4× |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 42.210 March | 4.4× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 40.711 March | 4.3× |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 3 | 36.311 March | 4.3× |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 35.011 March | 4.3× |
| UslarLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 36.511 March | 4.3× |
| RouenNormandy, France | 2 | 41.25 March | 4.3× |
| CreilHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 39.85 March | 4.3× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 41.510 March | 4.3× |
| FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 43.69 March | 4.3× |
| JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 33.311 March | 4.3× |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 37.510 March | 4.3× |
| OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 40.810 March | 4.3× |
| VenloLimburg, The Netherlands | 4 | 34.710 March | 4.2× |
| CarlowLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 31.310 March | 4.2× |
| AugustówPodlasie, Poland | 6 | 85.211 March | 4.2× |
| WaterfordMunster, Ireland | 1 | 43.010 March | 4.2× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 3 | 39.010 March | 4.2× |
| Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 4 | 44.410 March | 4.2× |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 39.711 March | 4.2× |
| KladnoCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 1 | 42.210 March | 4.2× |
| DreuxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 32.15 March | 4.2× |
| SaalfeldThuringia, Germany | 3 | 37.110 March | 4.2× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 2 | 93.98 March | 4.2× |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 70.211 March | 4.2× |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 38.610 March | 4.2× |
| SchiedamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 46.45 March | 4.1× |
| MontargisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 31.95 March | 4.1× |
| CorkMunster, Ireland | 1 | 26.510 March | 4.1× |
| NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 38.411 March | 4.1× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 5 | 49.911 March | 4.1× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 4 | 42.410 March | 4.1× |
| VarnaVarna, Bulgaria | 1 | 41.19 March | 4.1× |
| WetzlarHesse, Germany | 3 | 41.811 March | 4.1× |
| HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 6 | 51.610 March | 4.1× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 2 | 32.012 March | 4.1× |
| DomontÎle-de-France, France | 1 | 26.711 March | 4.0× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 38.84 March | 4.0× |
| RennesBrittany, France | 1 | 33.15 March | 4.0× |
| Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 37.09 March | 4.0× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 5 | 66.39 March | 4.0× |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 33.311 March | 4.0× |
| AmiensHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 35.75 March | 4.0× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 6 | 42.59 March | 4.0× |
| DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 39.610 March | 4.0× |
| DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 34.010 March | 4.0× |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 38.711 March | 4.0× |
| SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland | 6 | 57.512 March | 4.0× |
| Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 5 | 46.010 March | 4.0× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 4 | 32.99 March | 4.0× |
| ParisÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 35.25 March | 4.0× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 3 | 48.88 March | 3.9× |
| MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 26.79 March | 3.9× |
| MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 57.310 March | 3.9× |
| WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 46.611 March | 3.9× |
| BihaćFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 72.88 March | 3.9× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 41.810 March | 3.9× |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 35.110 March | 3.9× |
| ŚwiecieKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 5 | 60.012 March | 3.9× |
| BensheimHesse, Germany | 2 | 33.412 March | 3.9× |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 34.910 March | 3.9× |
| SarpsborgØstfold, Norway | 1 | 37.67 March | 3.9× |
| MostÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 43.410 March | 3.9× |
| CraiovaDolj, Romania | 1 | 57.711 March | 3.9× |
| Saint HelierSt Helier, Jersey | 3 | 35.94 March | 3.9× |
| ThessaloníkiCentral Macedonia, Greece | 2 | 66.716 March | 3.9× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 38.911 March | 3.9× |
| SokolovCarlsbad Region, Czechia | 2 | 28.610 March | 3.8× |
| MossØstfold, Norway | 1 | 36.67 March | 3.8× |
| EmdenLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 39.810 March | 3.8× |
| NeuruppinBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 37.510 March | 3.8× |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.34 March | 3.8× |
| LouviersNormandy, France | 2 | 34.05 March | 3.8× |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 37.010 March | 3.8× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 4 | 64.58 March | 3.8× |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 30.99 March | 3.8× |
| BloisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 26.05 March | 3.8× |
| FredrikstadØstfold, Norway | 1 | 36.37 March | 3.7× |
| GeraThuringia, Germany | 4 | 47.910 March | 3.7× |
| SondershausenThuringia, Germany | 4 | 34.49 March | 3.7× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 7 | 61.312 March | 3.7× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 3 | 33.89 March | 3.7× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 6 | 36.79 March | 3.7× |
| KadaňÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 40.410 March | 3.7× |
| BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 34.810 March | 3.7× |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | 4 | 38.59 March | 3.7× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 4 | 37.012 March | 3.7× |
| ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 6 | 72.812 March | 3.7× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 6 | 52.311 March | 3.7× |
| AlençonNormandy, France | 1 | 28.65 March | 3.7× |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 38.510 March | 3.7× |
| ÉpinalGrand Est, France | 1 | 33.212 March | 3.6× |
| MichelstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.612 March | 3.6× |
| Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 41.511 March | 3.6× |
| BourgesCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 26.212 March | 3.6× |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 32.29 March | 3.6× |
| OsloOslo, Norway | 1 | 27.17 March | 3.6× |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 33.610 March | 3.6× |
| DimitrovgradHaskovo, Bulgaria | 1 | 43.728 February | 3.6× |
| WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 29.99 March | 3.6× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 75.38 March | 3.6× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 2 | 35.111 March | 3.6× |
| BiałystokPodlasie, Poland | 6 | 60.012 March | 3.6× |
| KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 30.711 March | 3.6× |
| MulhouseGrand Est, France | 2 | 32.89 March | 3.6× |
| TepliceÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 44.210 March | 3.6× |
| AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 27.411 March | 3.6× |
| PilsenPlzeň Region, Czechia | 2 | 39.410 March | 3.5× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 4 | 38.310 March | 3.5× |
| Cluj-NapocaCluj County, Romania | 3 | 68.910 March | 3.5× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 6 | 36.99 March | 3.5× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 6 | 65.612 March | 3.5× |
| OrléansCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 34.75 March | 3.5× |
| NordhausenThuringia, Germany | 4 | 36.39 March | 3.5× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 30.28 March | 3.5× |
| KikindaVojvodina, Serbia | 6 | 97.05 March | 3.5× |
| LampertheimHesse, Germany | 3 | 34.69 March | 3.5× |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 40.311 March | 3.4× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 48.410 March | 3.4× |
| RiedstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.612 March | 3.4× |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 37.010 March | 3.4× |
| RigaRiga, Latvia | 3 | 37.08 March | 3.4× |
| MetzGrand Est, France | 1 | 27.19 March | 3.4× |
| VisbyGotland, Sweden | 2 | 28.98 March | 3.4× |
| GlogovacPristina, Kosovo | 2 | 28.28 March | 3.4× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 5 | 58.210 March | 3.3× |
| BambergBavaria, Germany | 3 | 30.19 March | 3.3× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 35.39 March | 3.3× |
| Hanau am MainHesse, Germany | 3 | 33.39 March | 3.3× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 5 | 67.910 March | 3.3× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.39 March | 3.3× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 74.628 February | 3.3× |
| ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.49 March | 3.3× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 3 | 48.110 March | 3.3× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 27.59 March | 3.2× |
| KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 26.512 March | 3.2× |
| OranienburgBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 48.610 March | 3.2× |
| LiberpolisCounty of Osijek-Baranja, Croatia | 3 | 42.89 March | 3.2× |
| CiechanówMazovia, Poland | 5 | 67.88 March | 3.2× |
| NancyGrand Est, France | 2 | 31.69 March | 3.2× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 4 | 32.89 March | 3.2× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 2 | 69.78 March | 3.2× |
| SiedlceMazovia, Poland | 4 | 77.38 March | 3.2× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 2 | 52.910 March | 3.2× |
| Novi SadVojvodina, Serbia | 2 | 57.97 March | 3.2× |
| OlsztynWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 7 | 50.911 March | 3.2× |
| NyíregyházaSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary | 4 | 66.19 March | 3.1× |
| DejCluj County, Romania | 4 | 90.911 March | 3.1× |
| GiżyckoWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 6 | 49.411 March | 3.1× |
| WürzburgBavaria, Germany | 4 | 28.79 March | 3.1× |
| VölklingenSaarland, Germany | 1 | 26.812 March | 3.1× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 32.09 March | 3.1× |
| ŚwinoujścieWest Pomerania, Poland | 3 | 33.510 March | 3.1× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 7 | 34.69 March | 3.1× |
| Vranov nad TopľouPrešov Region, Slovakia | 5 | 48.310 March | 3.1× |
| HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 31.19 March | 3.0× |
| SuboticaVojvodina, Serbia | 5 | 80.85 March | 3.0× |
| DěčínÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 3 | 50.210 March | 3.0× |
| LillestrømAkershus, Norway | 1 | 29.27 March | 3.0× |
| SzegedCsongrád, Hungary | 3 | 41.57 March | 3.0× |
| BucharestBucharest, Romania | 1 | 47.27 March | 3.0× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 2 | 27.39 March | 3.0× |
| Ústí nad LabemÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 40.710 March | 3.0× |
| LitvínovÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 2 | 42.010 March | 3.0× |
| JihlavaVysocina, Czechia | 2 | 37.59 March | 3.0× |
| CodleaBrașov County, Romania | 1 | 52.85 March | 3.0× |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.59 March | 3.0× |
| ŻyrardówMazovia, Poland | 5 | 65.68 March | 3.0× |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 25.18 March | 3.0× |
| PristinaPristina, Kosovo | 5 | 42.05 March | 2.9× |
| NegotinCentral Serbia, Serbia | 1 | 172.011 March | 2.9× |
| SninaPrešov Region, Slovakia | 3 | 36.39 March | 2.9× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 26.99 March | 2.9× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 63.08 March | 2.9× |
| IstanbulIstanbul, Turkey | 1 | 73.210 March | 2.9× |
| RadomMazovia, Poland | 2 | 66.29 March | 2.9× |
| BerounCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 1 | 44.810 March | 2.9× |
| AschaffenburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.59 March | 2.9× |
| Saint-AvoldGrand Est, France | 1 | 27.212 March | 2.9× |
| OlomoucOlomouc Region, Czechia | 3 | 43.89 March | 2.9× |
| OtwockMazovia, Poland | 3 | 84.18 March | 2.9× |
| NurembergBavaria, Germany | 4 | 28.39 March | 2.9× |
| NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 64.59 March | 2.9× |
| Kosovo PoljePristina, Kosovo | 2 | 28.59 March | 2.9× |
| Mladá BoleslavCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 2 | 42.95 March | 2.8× |
| KruševacCentral Serbia, Serbia | 3 | 114.06 March | 2.8× |
| MarktredwitzBavaria, Germany | 2 | 28.59 March | 2.8× |
| Žďár nad SázavouVysocina, Czechia | 1 | 28.59 March | 2.8× |
| ThionvilleGrand Est, France | 2 | 26.89 March | 2.8× |
| GyálPest County, Hungary | 5 | 44.55 March | 2.8× |
| BratislavaBratislava Region, Slovakia | 2 | 36.99 March | 2.8× |
| LorientBrittany, France | 1 | 25.35 March | 2.8× |
| IngolstadtBavaria, Germany | 5 | 31.47 March | 2.8× |
| SmederevoCentral Serbia, Serbia | 3 | 72.85 March | 2.8× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 6 | 36.15 March | 2.8× |
| ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 4 | 47.611 March | 2.8× |
| ObrenovacCentral Serbia, Serbia | 5 | 68.57 March | 2.8× |
| PłockMazovia, Poland | 4 | 49.312 March | 2.7× |
| WarsawMazovia, Poland | 6 | 54.17 March | 2.7× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 2 | 28.18 March | 2.7× |
| PančevoVojvodina, Serbia | 3 | 74.86 March | 2.7× |
| DrammenBuskerud, Norway | 1 | 29.57 March | 2.7× |
| MontbéliardBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 4 | 31.09 March | 2.7× |
| TrebišovKošice Region, Slovakia | 4 | 46.310 March | 2.7× |
| TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 26.08 March | 2.7× |
| PřerovOlomouc Region, Czechia | 1 | 44.95 March | 2.7× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 2 | 47.48 March | 2.6× |
| CoulommiersÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 29.25 March | 2.6× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 56.18 March | 2.6× |
| MeyzieuAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 25.75 March | 2.6× |
| ZnojmoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 2 | 35.79 March | 2.6× |
| SulechówLubusz, Poland | 3 | 44.411 March | 2.6× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 4 | 48.17 March | 2.6× |
| RēzekneRēzekne, Latvia | 3 | 39.611 March | 2.6× |
| FutogVojvodina, Serbia | 2 | 49.97 March | 2.5× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 4 | 54.48 March | 2.5× |
| LiberecLiberec Region, Czechia | 2 | 28.29 March | 2.5× |
| RuseRuse, Bulgaria | 1 | 44.17 March | 2.5× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 3 | 76.911 March | 2.5× |
| KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland | 5 | 64.27 March | 2.5× |
| WawerMazovia, Poland | 6 | 44.77 March | 2.5× |
| PožarevacCentral Serbia, Serbia | 2 | 53.65 March | 2.5× |
| KošiceKošice Region, Slovakia | 1 | 44.910 March | 2.5× |
| AnsbachBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.37 March | 2.5× |
| BelgradeCentral Serbia, Serbia | 4 | 56.95 March | 2.5× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 4 | 73.57 March | 2.5× |
| ŠabacCentral Serbia, Serbia | 5 | 106.07 March | 2.5× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 3 | 44.111 March | 2.5× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 2 | 48.88 March | 2.4× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 35.48 March | 2.4× |
| DillingenSaarland, Germany | 1 | 25.29 March | 2.4× |
| KraljevoCentral Serbia, Serbia | 2 | 71.77 March | 2.4× |
| KlosterneuburgLower Austria, Austria | 1 | 30.89 March | 2.4× |
| BogatyniaLower Silesia, Poland | 2 | 27.49 March | 2.4× |
| Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 29.99 March | 2.4× |
| Sankt PöltenLower Austria, Austria | 1 | 31.86 March | 2.4× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 4 | 56.78 March | 2.4× |
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 5 of 42 episodes in Germany and Poland since our records began, by cities reached.
- Central Europe, February 2023604
- Central Europe, February and March 2025513
- Central Europe, February 2025503
- Central Europe, January and February 2026498
- Central Europe, March 2025458
- Central Europe, March 2026442
- Central Europe, January 2025383
- Central Europe, March 2026361
- Central Europe, March 2025333
- Central Europe, December 2025 to January 2026170
- Eastern Europe, January 2025123
- Eastern Europe, December 2025118
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 42.
Use this page
SmogRank, Central Europe, March 2025: 458 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 3 to 13 March 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-03-central-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.