Central Europe, November 2025
For 2 days, from 22 to 23 November 2025, 53 cities in Germany, France, Poland and 3 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Żary, Lubusz, Poland: 73.9 µg/m³ on 23 November, about 6.1× its usual 12.2.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 1 | 73.923 November | 6.1× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 25.122 November | 4.4× |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 31.822 November | 4.2× |
| CreilHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 29.422 November | 3.9× |
| ParisÎle-de-France, France | 1 | 28.622 November | 3.8× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.823 November | 3.7× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 26.123 November | 3.6× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 26.422 November | 3.6× |
| RoubaixHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 30.722 November | 3.6× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.126 November | 3.5× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.823 November | 3.5× |
| BurghausenBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.123 November | 3.5× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.023 November | 3.5× |
| LunévilleGrand Est, France | 1 | 27.122 November | 3.4× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.422 November | 3.3× |
| DouaiHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 27.422 November | 3.3× |
| TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 26.623 November | 3.3× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 29.422 November | 3.3× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.123 November | 3.2× |
| MulhouseGrand Est, France | 1 | 27.023 November | 3.2× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.922 November | 3.2× |
| MaldegemFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 25.822 November | 3.2× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 28.022 November | 3.2× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 1 | 36.525 November | 3.1× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 25.422 November | 3.1× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 27.222 November | 3.1× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 28.223 November | 3.1× |
| ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 56.723 November | 3.0× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 32.023 November | 3.0× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 26.522 November | 3.0× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 26.623 November | 3.0× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.623 November | 3.0× |
| HaarlemNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 1 | 32.526 November | 2.9× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.423 November | 2.9× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 25.623 November | 2.8× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.823 November | 2.8× |
| MontbéliardBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 1 | 28.023 November | 2.8× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.023 November | 2.7× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 25.523 November | 2.7× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 28.322 November | 2.7× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.023 November | 2.7× |
| WetzlarHesse, Germany | 1 | 26.223 November | 2.7× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 1 | 35.923 November | 2.6× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 69.823 November | 2.5× |
| DillingenSaarland, Germany | 1 | 25.723 November | 2.5× |
| PassauBavaria, Germany | 1 | 26.123 November | 2.5× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 59.423 November | 2.4× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 1 | 45.923 November | 2.4× |
| ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 1 | 56.822 November | 2.3× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 26.123 November | 2.3× |
| KutnoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 1 | 55.423 November | 2.1× |
| WinterthurZurich, Switzerland | 1 | 37.022 November | 2.1× |
| OlsztynWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 1 | 36.023 November | 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 France
Number 24 of 42 episodes in Germany and France 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, February and March 2023274
- Central Europe, December 2025 to January 2026170
- Eastern Europe, January 2025123
- Central Europe, November 202553
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 42.
Use this page
SmogRank, Central Europe, November 2025: 53 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 22 to 23 November 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-11-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.