Europe, January and February 2026
For 32 days, from 12 January to 12 February 2026, 502 cities in Germany, Poland, Belgium and 21 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Travnik, Federation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 252.0 µg/m³ on 23 January, about 5.5× its usual 45.7.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 4 | 55.824 January | 11× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 26 | 104.023 January | 11× |
| Valašské MeziříčíZlín, Czechia | 6 | 182.024 January | 11× |
| TřinecMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 7 | 135.023 January | 11× |
| GoslarLower Saxony, Germany | 14 | 56.424 January | 11× |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 16 | 79.024 January | 10× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 12 | 71.823 January | 10× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 20 | 101.06 February | 10× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 17 | 80.424 January | 9.8× |
| Bad WildungenHesse, Germany | 6 | 55.424 January | 9.7× |
| SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland | 14 | 126.021 January | 9.5× |
| LubnjowBrandenburg, Germany | 17 | 68.823 January | 9.4× |
| CambridgeEngland, United Kingdom | 8 | 46.43 February | 9.3× |
| Český TěšínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 7 | 142.023 January | 9.2× |
| CieszynSilesia, Poland | 7 | 142.023 January | 9.2× |
| SondershausenThuringia, Germany | 11 | 56.824 January | 9.2× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 19 | 158.022 January | 9.1× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 18 | 86.26 February | 8.8× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 13 | 81.023 January | 8.6× |
| WittenbergeBrandenburg, Germany | 12 | 71.323 January | 8.6× |
| Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg, Germany | 16 | 78.923 January | 8.5× |
| CottbusBrandenburg, Germany | 17 | 74.423 January | 8.5× |
| FalkenseeBrandenburg, Germany | 13 | 71.223 January | 8.5× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 70.824 January | 8.5× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 12 | 160.522 January | 8.4× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 16 | 80.223 January | 8.4× |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 14 | 77.66 February | 8.4× |
| SalzgitterLower Saxony, Germany | 12 | 67.224 January | 8.4× |
| Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland | 17 | 156.022 January | 8.3× |
| OstravaMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 7 | 130.523 January | 8.3× |
| Frýdek-MístekMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 8 | 124.023 January | 8.3× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 16 | 119.021 January | 8.3× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 22 | 76.723 January | 8.3× |
| PotsdamBrandenburg, Germany | 16 | 75.623 January | 8.3× |
| BogatyniaLower Silesia, Poland | 4 | 81.624 January | 8.2× |
| LiberecLiberec Region, Czechia | 3 | 89.624 January | 8.1× |
| Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg, Germany | 15 | 79.323 January | 8.1× |
| MedemblikNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 10 | 64.325 January | 8.1× |
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 11 | 63.023 January | 8.1× |
| GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands | 12 | 61.424 January | 8.1× |
| StarnbergBavaria, Germany | 3 | 40.522 January | 8.1× |
| NeuruppinBrandenburg, Germany | 14 | 66.123 January | 8.0× |
| CiechanówMazovia, Poland | 11 | 141.020 January | 7.9× |
| BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany | 15 | 70.824 January | 7.9× |
| StrausbergBrandenburg, Germany | 15 | 64.923 January | 7.9× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 20 | 99.821 January | 7.8× |
| NauenBrandenburg, Germany | 15 | 73.323 January | 7.8× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 7 | 131.021 January | 7.7× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 13 | 112.021 January | 7.7× |
| UslarLower Saxony, Germany | 8 | 52.624 January | 7.7× |
| ŻywiecSilesia, Poland | 12 | 229.023 January | 7.6× |
| KarvináMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 5 | 156.522 January | 7.6× |
| BohumínMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 6 | 136.022 January | 7.6× |
| Wodzisław ŚląskiSilesia, Poland | 6 | 136.022 January | 7.6× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 15 | 77.923 January | 7.6× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 17 | 76.124 January | 7.6× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 15 | 67.325 January | 7.6× |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 51.426 January | 7.6× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 29 | 117.022 January | 7.5× |
| Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 19 | 72.623 January | 7.5× |
| HaguenauGrand Est, France | 3 | 57.525 January | 7.4× |
| VisbyGotland, Sweden | 3 | 39.320 January | 7.4× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 16 | 80.824 January | 7.3× |
| GöttingenLower Saxony, Germany | 11 | 58.924 January | 7.3× |
| BendorfRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 4 | 36.724 January | 7.3× |
| LuckenwaldeBrandenburg, Germany | 16 | 71.023 January | 7.2× |
| RintelnLower Saxony, Germany | 11 | 65.324 January | 7.1× |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 10 | 63.723 January | 7.1× |
| GeraThuringia, Germany | 13 | 63.225 January | 7.1× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 17 | 62.725 January | 7.1× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 15 | 61.223 January | 7.1× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 14 | 60.423 January | 7.1× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 63.624 January | 7.0× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 15 | 56.225 January | 7.0× |
| HavířovMoravian-Silesian Region, Czechia | 6 | 132.023 January | 6.9× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 26 | 88.823 January | 6.9× |
| LüneburgLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 71.323 January | 6.9× |
| Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 22 | 63.122 January | 6.8× |
| AnsWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 36.326 January | 6.8× |
| PrzemyślSubcarpathia, Poland | 11 | 113.021 January | 6.7× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 18 | 101.522 January | 6.7× |
| HamburgHamburg, Germany | 14 | 75.923 January | 6.7× |
| PurmerendNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 12 | 62.725 January | 6.7× |
| KrakówLesser Poland, Poland | 11 | 154.020 January | 6.6× |
| EisenachThuringia, Germany | 14 | 55.524 January | 6.6× |
| Baden-BadenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 50.725 January | 6.6× |
| KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 7 | 56.925 January | 6.5× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 11 | 52.523 January | 6.5× |
| OlsztynWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 16 | 95.621 January | 6.4× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 12 | 58.024 January | 6.4× |
| HillegomSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 7 | 54.425 January | 6.4× |
| NetphenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 32.225 January | 6.4× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 11 | 64.624 January | 6.3× |
| ZaanstadNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 11 | 60.125 January | 6.3× |
| EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands | 9 | 56.025 January | 6.3× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 17 | 81.46 February | 6.2× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 14 | 60.624 January | 6.2× |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 9 | 59.425 January | 6.2× |
| KleinmachnowBrandenburg, Germany | 12 | 54.723 January | 6.2× |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 16 | 82.66 February | 6.1× |
| HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 14 | 74.423 January | 6.1× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 19 | 62.723 January | 6.1× |
| BarneveldGelderland, The Netherlands | 8 | 56.825 January | 6.1× |
| The HagueSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 9 | 52.425 January | 6.1× |
| JenaThuringia, Germany | 13 | 51.825 January | 6.1× |
| RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 12 | 122.022 January | 6.0× |
| ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 14 | 79.725 January | 6.0× |
| KroměřížZlín, Czechia | 4 | 77.424 January | 6.0× |
| BuxtehudeLower Saxony, Germany | 12 | 69.823 January | 6.0× |
| Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany | 15 | 62.623 January | 6.0× |
| KoperUrban Municipality of Koper, Slovenia | 4 | 57.516 January | 6.0× |
| KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 5 | 47.823 January | 6.0× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 10 | 102.020 January | 5.9× |
| ZlínZlín, Czechia | 4 | 88.924 January | 5.9× |
| WernigerodeSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 14 | 65.024 January | 5.9× |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony, Germany | 12 | 63.623 January | 5.9× |
| WolfsburgLower Saxony, Germany | 14 | 60.824 January | 5.9× |
| RidderkerkSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 8 | 53.725 January | 5.9× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 16 | 66.024 January | 5.8× |
| BadhoevedorpNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 10 | 59.425 January | 5.8× |
| RigaRiga, Latvia | 8 | 56.520 January | 5.8× |
| 's-GravenzandeSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 10 | 54.225 January | 5.8× |
| BremerhavenBremen, Germany | 9 | 51.923 January | 5.8× |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany | 9 | 50.123 January | 5.8× |
| IaşiIași County, Romania | 8 | 99.920 January | 5.7× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 14 | 98.321 January | 5.7× |
| VelserbroekNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 12 | 61.325 January | 5.7× |
| Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 13 | 60.525 January | 5.7× |
| MaldegemFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 56.826 January | 5.7× |
| NordhausenThuringia, Germany | 17 | 56.725 January | 5.7× |
| FuldaHesse, Germany | 11 | 54.525 January | 5.7× |
| NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany | 13 | 53.923 January | 5.7× |
| MaassluisSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 7 | 50.925 January | 5.7× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 49.123 January | 5.7× |
| NorrköpingÖstergötland, Sweden | 1 | 28.720 January | 5.7× |
| SuceavaSuceava, Romania | 9 | 112.020 January | 5.6× |
| NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland | 9 | 101.021 January | 5.6× |
| PardubicePardubice Region, Czechia | 5 | 86.624 January | 5.6× |
| ŽideniceSouth Moravian, Czechia | 6 | 80.024 January | 5.6× |
| Mladá BoleslavCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 4 | 75.824 January | 5.6× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 6 | 64.625 January | 5.6× |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | 6 | 61.425 January | 5.6× |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony, Germany | 11 | 55.624 January | 5.6× |
| UtrechtUtrecht, The Netherlands | 8 | 55.125 January | 5.6× |
| TravnikFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 252.023 January | 5.5× |
| Sighetu MarmaţieiMaramureş, Romania | 12 | 189.022 January | 5.5× |
| KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland | 15 | 143.06 February | 5.5× |
| BiałystokPodlasie, Poland | 11 | 88.320 January | 5.5× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 12 | 57.625 January | 5.5× |
| EmdenLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 56.724 January | 5.5× |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 49.925 January | 5.5× |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 6 | 45.824 January | 5.5× |
| NewmarketEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 30.526 January | 5.5× |
| OlomoucOlomouc Region, Czechia | 6 | 103.024 January | 5.4× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 10 | 79.220 January | 5.4× |
| Hradec KrálovéHradec Králové Region, Czechia | 5 | 77.324 January | 5.4× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 17 | 66.523 January | 5.4× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 8 | 59.524 January | 5.4× |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 9 | 56.624 January | 5.4× |
| OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany | 10 | 54.924 January | 5.4× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 10 | 49.123 January | 5.4× |
| JumetWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 27.026 January | 5.4× |
| AugustówPodlasie, Poland | 7 | 107.020 January | 5.3× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 14 | 58.924 January | 5.3× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 7 | 51.124 January | 5.3× |
| SpijkenisseSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 7 | 50.725 January | 5.3× |
| SarajevoFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11 | 233.023 January | 5.2× |
| OranienburgBrandenburg, Germany | 13 | 74.123 January | 5.2× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 15 | 66.323 January | 5.2× |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 6 | 58.126 January | 5.2× |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 7 | 51.825 January | 5.2× |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 7 | 48.824 January | 5.2× |
| MunichBavaria, Germany | 7 | 48.224 January | 5.2× |
| Eggenstein-LeopoldshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 43.824 January | 5.2× |
| Marche-en-FamenneWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 36.626 January | 5.2× |
| Bielsko-BialaSilesia, Poland | 10 | 120.023 January | 5.1× |
| StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 9 | 106.022 January | 5.1× |
| MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 11 | 102.06 February | 5.1× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 71.723 January | 5.1× |
| KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 57.825 January | 5.1× |
| OlpeNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 9 | 54.125 January | 5.1× |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 9 | 51.425 January | 5.1× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 8 | 49.024 January | 5.1× |
| ThionvilleGrand Est, France | 4 | 39.825 January | 5.1× |
| Târgu MureşMureș County, Romania | 12 | 240.022 January | 5.0× |
| PřerovOlomouc Region, Czechia | 6 | 99.624 January | 5.0× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 21 | 70.822 January | 5.0× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 54.026 January | 5.0× |
| IJsselsteinUtrecht, The Netherlands | 9 | 52.525 January | 5.0× |
| Neu-UlmBavaria, Germany | 6 | 52.422 January | 5.0× |
| GießenHesse, Germany | 9 | 51.825 January | 5.0× |
| HeerlenLimburg, The Netherlands | 2 | 42.726 January | 5.0× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 8 | 41.125 January | 5.0× |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 40.925 January | 5.0× |
| OtwockMazovia, Poland | 12 | 121.020 January | 4.9× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 9 | 62.223 January | 4.9× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 14 | 54.825 January | 4.9× |
| NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands | 4 | 52.525 January | 4.9× |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 9 | 51.724 January | 4.9× |
| ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 46.623 January | 4.9× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 10 | 60.125 January | 4.8× |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 9 | 55.225 January | 4.8× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 9 | 51.025 January | 4.8× |
| Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 7 | 48.323 January | 4.8× |
| PforzheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 47.524 January | 4.8× |
| AalenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 46.322 January | 4.8× |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 46.026 January | 4.8× |
| KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 45.126 January | 4.8× |
| NorwichEngland, United Kingdom | 4 | 35.026 January | 4.8× |
| MeiningenThuringia, Germany | 4 | 33.223 January | 4.8× |
| Cluj-NapocaCluj County, Romania | 9 | 107.022 January | 4.7× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 8 | 105.023 January | 4.7× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 9 | 102.022 January | 4.7× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 10 | 92.523 January | 4.7× |
| CraiovaDolj, Romania | 9 | 90.822 January | 4.7× |
| EvergemFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 56.326 January | 4.7× |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 53.626 January | 4.7× |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 52.525 January | 4.7× |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 9 | 47.223 January | 4.7× |
| JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 6 | 47.226 January | 4.7× |
| RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 46.126 January | 4.7× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 8 | 43.524 January | 4.7× |
| CopenhagenCapital Region, Denmark | 6 | 39.420 January | 4.7× |
| FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 35.725 January | 4.7× |
| GillinghamEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.026 January | 4.7× |
| Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland | 12 | 77.820 January | 4.6× |
| PécsBaranya, Hungary | 7 | 76.424 January | 4.6× |
| DunaújvárosFejér, Hungary | 6 | 64.522 January | 4.6× |
| KrosnoSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 58.323 January | 4.6× |
| WalsrodeLower Saxony, Germany | 13 | 56.724 January | 4.6× |
| RēzekneRēzekne, Latvia | 7 | 55.621 January | 4.6× |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 9 | 55.425 January | 4.6× |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 8 | 55.325 January | 4.6× |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 53.725 January | 4.6× |
| BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 6 | 52.025 January | 4.6× |
| DunkirkHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 50.826 January | 4.6× |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 50.126 January | 4.6× |
| WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 49.025 January | 4.6× |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 48.125 January | 4.6× |
| DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany | 9 | 41.623 January | 4.6× |
| AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 41.026 January | 4.6× |
| DartfordEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 39.326 January | 4.6× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 12 | 85.820 January | 4.5× |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 54.125 January | 4.5× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 10 | 51.824 January | 4.5× |
| KladnoCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 6 | 50.224 January | 4.5× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 9 | 44.925 January | 4.5× |
| FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 2 | 34.323 January | 4.5× |
| NamurWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 29.626 January | 4.5× |
| Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland | 10 | 111.022 January | 4.4× |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 12 | 94.26 February | 4.4× |
| ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 16 | 90.222 January | 4.4× |
| WarsawMazovia, Poland | 9 | 79.520 January | 4.4× |
| ZalăuSălaj County, Romania | 8 | 79.320 January | 4.4× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 11 | 77.624 January | 4.4× |
| ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 16 | 65.321 January | 4.4× |
| BrnoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 6 | 63.623 January | 4.4× |
| MaarssenUtrecht, The Netherlands | 8 | 55.525 January | 4.4× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 9 | 52.524 January | 4.4× |
| GenkFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 46.526 January | 4.4× |
| CalaisHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 45.526 January | 4.4× |
| NancyGrand Est, France | 2 | 45.525 January | 4.4× |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 43.726 January | 4.4× |
| MichelstadtHesse, Germany | 7 | 43.524 January | 4.4× |
| MonsWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 41.426 January | 4.4× |
| Boulogne-sur-MerHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 40.126 January | 4.4× |
| EupenWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 38.226 January | 4.4× |
| Kingston upon HullEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 31.826 January | 4.4× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 9 | 104.022 January | 4.3× |
| HraniceOlomouc Region, Czechia | 5 | 93.823 January | 4.3× |
| StendalSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 10 | 91.423 January | 4.3× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 14 | 75.323 January | 4.3× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 17 | 57.911 February | 4.3× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 48.926 January | 4.3× |
| VenloLimburg, The Netherlands | 5 | 47.926 January | 4.3× |
| NettetalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 47.926 January | 4.3× |
| WillebroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 47.226 January | 4.3× |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | 1 | 44.426 January | 4.3× |
| Flémalle-HauteWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 34.226 January | 4.3× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 17 | 76.322 January | 4.2× |
| TimişoaraTimiș County, Romania | 7 | 60.522 January | 4.2× |
| ZnojmoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 6 | 59.615 January | 4.2× |
| VeszprémVeszprém, Hungary | 8 | 59.223 January | 4.2× |
| BraşovBrașov County, Romania | 8 | 54.221 January | 4.2× |
| LampertheimHesse, Germany | 8 | 48.125 January | 4.2× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 9 | 47.424 January | 4.2× |
| BensheimHesse, Germany | 7 | 46.225 January | 4.2× |
| SalzburgSalzburg, Austria | 5 | 43.223 January | 4.2× |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 43.226 January | 4.2× |
| KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 6 | 41.526 January | 4.2× |
| JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 41.326 January | 4.2× |
| ForbachGrand Est, France | 1 | 40.725 January | 4.2× |
| Esch-sur-AlzetteEsch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg | 2 | 35.825 January | 4.2× |
| BarnsleyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 27.526 January | 4.2× |
| ChesterfieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 27.23 February | 4.2× |
| SheffieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 26.63 February | 4.2× |
| KazincbarcikaBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 8 | 112.021 January | 4.1× |
| SzegedCsongrád, Hungary | 6 | 58.822 January | 4.1× |
| HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 10 | 52.524 January | 4.1× |
| VenrayLimburg, The Netherlands | 3 | 44.926 January | 4.1× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 3 | 44.326 January | 4.1× |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 43.726 January | 4.1× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 7 | 41.622 January | 4.1× |
| SaarbrückenSaarland, Germany | 4 | 41.425 January | 4.1× |
| RiedstadtHesse, Germany | 6 | 40.925 January | 4.1× |
| Hanau am MainHesse, Germany | 8 | 39.825 January | 4.1× |
| Banja LukaSrpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 226.024 January | 4.0× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 5 | 56.021 January | 4.0× |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 7 | 50.525 January | 4.0× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 8 | 49.225 January | 4.0× |
| BeverenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 47.326 January | 4.0× |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 46.626 January | 4.0× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 45.926 January | 4.0× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 10 | 45.02 February | 4.0× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 45.026 January | 4.0× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 10 | 44.525 January | 4.0× |
| AnsbachBavaria, Germany | 5 | 44.424 January | 4.0× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 10 | 43.725 January | 4.0× |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 38.526 January | 4.0× |
| MetzGrand Est, France | 1 | 37.725 January | 4.0× |
| HerrenbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 34.625 January | 4.0× |
| SokolovCarlsbad Region, Czechia | 4 | 34.523 January | 4.0× |
| AndenneWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 33.926 January | 4.0× |
| DoncasterEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 31.426 January | 4.0× |
| PljevljaPljevlja, Montenegro | 8 | 240.015 January | 3.9× |
| DejCluj County, Romania | 7 | 167.022 January | 3.9× |
| CodleaBrașov County, Romania | 3 | 108.020 January | 3.9× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 12 | 91.421 January | 3.9× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 11 | 70.524 January | 3.9× |
| EsztergomKomárom-Esztergom, Hungary | 10 | 65.215 January | 3.9× |
| MariborUrban Municipality of Maribor, Slovenia | 6 | 62.415 January | 3.9× |
| MulhouseGrand Est, France | 2 | 52.325 January | 3.9× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 52.026 January | 3.9× |
| AntwerpFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 48.426 January | 3.9× |
| MechelenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 47.926 January | 3.9× |
| HouthalenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 46.226 January | 3.9× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 46.126 January | 3.9× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 46.126 January | 3.9× |
| ZwijndrechtFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 45.826 January | 3.9× |
| BurghausenBavaria, Germany | 7 | 45.523 January | 3.9× |
| AarschotFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 45.426 January | 3.9× |
| HasseltFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 45.326 January | 3.9× |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 45.225 January | 3.9× |
| DillingenSaarland, Germany | 5 | 44.725 January | 3.9× |
| VölklingenSaarland, Germany | 4 | 44.225 January | 3.9× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 9 | 42.025 January | 3.9× |
| NurembergBavaria, Germany | 5 | 38.223 January | 3.9× |
| MalmöSkåne, Sweden | 4 | 31.210 February | 3.9× |
| Clacton-on-SeaEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.026 January | 3.9× |
| ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 7 | 83.122 January | 3.8× |
| PruszkówMazovia, Poland | 8 | 74.420 January | 3.8× |
| ŻyrardówMazovia, Poland | 7 | 70.222 January | 3.8× |
| LiberpolisCounty of Osijek-Baranja, Croatia | 2 | 63.223 January | 3.8× |
| DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 7 | 52.825 January | 3.8× |
| SchiedamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 50.025 January | 3.8× |
| RoubaixHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 49.626 January | 3.8× |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 49.026 January | 3.8× |
| WetzlarHesse, Germany | 7 | 48.825 January | 3.8× |
| StabroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 45.626 January | 3.8× |
| MolFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 45.326 January | 3.8× |
| TraunreutBavaria, Germany | 5 | 41.423 January | 3.8× |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 40.526 January | 3.8× |
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 37.426 January | 3.8× |
| Schwandorf in BayernBavaria, Germany | 4 | 36.923 January | 3.8× |
| AschaffenburgBavaria, Germany | 5 | 36.025 January | 3.8× |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 35.026 January | 3.8× |
| LutonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.526 January | 3.8× |
| MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary | 5 | 108.021 January | 3.7× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 18 | 81.022 January | 3.7× |
| BerounCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 5 | 64.125 January | 3.7× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 54.826 January | 3.7× |
| Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 5 | 51.424 January | 3.7× |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 50.326 January | 3.7× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 5 | 47.325 January | 3.7× |
| MostÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 5 | 45.225 January | 3.7× |
| PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 41.126 January | 3.7× |
| Canvey IslandEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 29.326 January | 3.7× |
| DerbyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.13 February | 3.7× |
| Piatra NeamţNeamț County, Romania | 8 | 55.515 January | 3.6× |
| PerchtoldsdorfLower Austria, Austria | 9 | 46.314 January | 3.6× |
| KapellenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 44.226 January | 3.6× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 8 | 40.825 January | 3.6× |
| TrierRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 5 | 40.725 January | 3.6× |
| KelheimBavaria, Germany | 5 | 37.423 January | 3.6× |
| WürzburgBavaria, Germany | 6 | 36.823 January | 3.6× |
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.925 January | 3.6× |
| LundSkåne, Sweden | 1 | 31.810 February | 3.6× |
| DebrecenHajdú-Bihar, Hungary | 7 | 125.021 January | 3.5× |
| KatowiceSilesia, Poland | 4 | 80.322 January | 3.5× |
| RuseRuse, Bulgaria | 4 | 64.422 January | 3.5× |
| PłockMazovia, Poland | 10 | 60.521 January | 3.5× |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France | 1 | 42.026 January | 3.5× |
| Žďár nad SázavouVysocina, Czechia | 2 | 34.723 January | 3.5× |
| RadomMazovia, Poland | 7 | 68.222 January | 3.4× |
| ViennaVienna, Austria | 9 | 43.514 January | 3.4× |
| WadgassenSaarland, Germany | 4 | 43.425 January | 3.4× |
| Saint-AvoldGrand Est, France | 4 | 43.425 January | 3.4× |
| ZaventemFlanders, Belgium | 1 | 43.026 January | 3.4× |
| MödlingLower Austria, Austria | 9 | 40.914 January | 3.4× |
| KadaňÚstí nad Labem Region, Czechia | 5 | 38.022 January | 3.4× |
Daily means in µg/m³, over the days each city counted in this episode. Highest: its highest of those days. Usual: the city's median for the time of year of that day (its days within 21 days of the date, every year, leaving out the week around it). Above usual: its highest day against that, with a usual under 5 µg/m³ taken as 5.
Against other episodes in Germany and Poland
Number 4 of 62 episodes in Germany and Poland since our records began, by cities reached.
- Europe, 6 to 25 February 2023608
- Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025517
- Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025506
- Europe, January and February 2026502
- Germany, Poland and 25 more countries, March 2025463
- Europe, 8 to 27 January 2024449
- Europe, 1 to 12 March 2026444
- Germany, France and 18 more countries, January 2025381
- Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026362
- Europe, March 2025335
- Europe, February and March 2024264
- Europe, November 2024260
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 62.
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SmogRank, Europe, January and February 2026: 502 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 12 January to 12 February 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-01-europe (accessed 4 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.