North-eastern Europe, December 2025
For 6 days, from 2 to 7 December 2025, 55 cities in Poland, Germany, Slovakia and 2 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Żywiec, Silesia, Poland: 158.0 µg/m³ on 5 December, about 5.9× its usual 26.9.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| ŻywiecSilesia, Poland | 5 | 158.05 December | 5.9× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 31.55 December | 5.0× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 30.65 December | 4.7× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 35.55 December | 4.6× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 4 | 58.24 December | 4.6× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 4 | 46.14 December | 4.5× |
| HavířovMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 1 | 56.64 December | 4.3× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 31.95 December | 4.3× |
| NeuruppinBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 27.65 December | 4.0× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 27.95 December | 4.0× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 32.85 December | 3.9× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 28.35 December | 3.7× |
| StrausbergBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 27.65 December | 3.6× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 2 | 36.84 December | 3.5× |
| Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 27.35 December | 3.5× |
| RacibórzSilesia, Poland | 4 | 59.94 December | 3.4× |
| StodůlkyPrague, Czechia | 2 | 151.829 November | 3.4× |
| Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 1 | 27.65 December | 3.4× |
| Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.65 December | 3.4× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 3 | 35.86 December | 3.3× |
| Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland | 2 | 64.26 December | 3.2× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 3 | 36.26 December | 3.1× |
| NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 25.05 December | 3.1× |
| Bielsko-BialaSilesia, Poland | 1 | 58.44 December | 3.1× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 26.65 December | 3.1× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 5 | 48.94 December | 3.1× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 2 | 44.74 December | 3.0× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 50.24 December | 2.9× |
| Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 26.55 December | 2.8× |
| Vranov nad TopľouPrešov Region, Slovakia | 1 | 42.67 December | 2.8× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 4 | 51.14 December | 2.7× |
| KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland | 1 | 45.45 December | 2.7× |
| Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland | 3 | 59.46 December | 2.7× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 4 | 38.36 December | 2.6× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 2 | 42.74 December | 2.6× |
| SulechówLubusz, Poland | 2 | 51.04 December | 2.6× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 1 | 29.55 December | 2.6× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 2 | 28.14 December | 2.6× |
| BrzegOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 44.14 December | 2.6× |
| NyíregyházaSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary | 1 | 41.98 December | 2.6× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 3 | 42.84 December | 2.5× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 46.37 December | 2.5× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 52.46 December | 2.4× |
| ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 40.56 December | 2.4× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 37.07 December | 2.4× |
| ČadcaŽilina Region, Slovakia | 1 | 37.63 December | 2.4× |
| ŚwiecieKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 37.76 December | 2.3× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 1 | 33.84 December | 2.3× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 28.65 December | 2.3× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 2 | 27.75 December | 2.2× |
| OranienburgBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.05 December | 2.2× |
| TrebišovKošice Region, Slovakia | 1 | 34.78 December | 2.2× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 28.97 December | 2.2× |
| MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 1 | 51.87 December | 2.1× |
| ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 1 | 33.96 December | 2.1× |
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 Germany
Number 20 of 42 episodes in Poland and Germany 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
- North-eastern Europe, December 202555
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 42.
Use this page
SmogRank, North-eastern Europe, December 2025: 55 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 2 to 7 December 2025, smogrank.com/episodes/2025-12-north-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.