Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026
For 8 days, from 18 to 25 March 2026, 362 cities in Germany, France, Poland and 14 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Łask, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland: 136.0 µg/m³ on 19 March, about 5.2× its usual 26.3.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| BeerselFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 48.223 March | 9.1× |
| CambridgeEngland, United Kingdom | 4 | 44.523 March | 8.9× |
| OverijseFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 45.023 March | 7.6× |
| OlpeNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 38.420 March | 6.5× |
| Flémalle-HauteWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 34.920 March | 6.5× |
| LiverpoolEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 44.421 March | 6.3× |
| HaarlemNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 50.323 March | 6.0× |
| GreystonesLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 30.821 March | 5.9× |
| JumetWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 29.420 March | 5.9× |
| CalaisHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 51.223 March | 5.8× |
| SaltashEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.821 March | 5.8× |
| ChartresCentre-Val de Loire, France | 5 | 41.821 March | 5.6× |
| DieppeNormandy, France | 4 | 50.923 March | 5.5× |
| MontivilliersNormandy, France | 4 | 41.120 March | 5.5× |
| DroghedaLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 33.521 March | 5.5× |
| LeixlipLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 29.921 March | 5.5× |
| AndenneWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 29.320 March | 5.5× |
| RennesBrittany, France | 4 | 45.521 March | 5.4× |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 40.522 March | 5.3× |
| CaenNormandy, France | 4 | 39.520 March | 5.3× |
| SpekeEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 36.921 March | 5.3× |
| ÉtampesÎle-de-France, France | 3 | 35.821 March | 5.3× |
| Cluain MealaMunster, Ireland | 1 | 28.721 March | 5.3× |
| WestburyEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.520 March | 5.3× |
| ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 6 | 136.019 March | 5.2× |
| WexfordLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 42.720 March | 5.2× |
| MonsWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 37.123 March | 5.2× |
| TraleeMunster, Ireland | 2 | 35.221 March | 5.2× |
| TournaiWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 30.423 March | 5.2× |
| Marche-en-FamenneWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 27.620 March | 5.2× |
| AmiensHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 45.023 March | 5.1× |
| RambouilletÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 38.921 March | 5.1× |
| DublinLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 33.921 March | 5.1× |
| VelserbroekNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.824 March | 5.1× |
| Le HavreNormandy, France | 5 | 43.920 March | 5.0× |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 39.523 March | 5.0× |
| BloisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.321 March | 5.0× |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 33.320 March | 5.0× |
| MaassluisSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.123 March | 5.0× |
| DartfordEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 32.923 March | 5.0× |
| PurmerendNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.424 March | 5.0× |
| NaasLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 29.121 March | 5.0× |
| AnsWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 26.523 March | 5.0× |
| Newton AbbotEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.021 March | 5.0× |
| VannesBrittany, France | 1 | 40.321 March | 4.9× |
| WiganEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 36.621 March | 4.9× |
| LohjaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 25.825 March | 4.9× |
| VantaaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 25.725 March | 4.9× |
| QuimperBrittany, France | 3 | 39.221 March | 4.8× |
| AndoverEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.424 March | 4.8× |
| RouenNormandy, France | 5 | 41.723 March | 4.7× |
| ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 37.520 March | 4.7× |
| 's-GravenzandeSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 35.423 March | 4.7× |
| AlençonNormandy, France | 3 | 35.221 March | 4.7× |
| ZaanstadNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.424 March | 4.7× |
| RidderkerkSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.024 March | 4.7× |
| PoitiersNew Aquitaine, France | 3 | 31.722 March | 4.7× |
| HelsinkiUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 27.525 March | 4.7× |
| Saint-QuentinHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 40.323 March | 4.6× |
| ManchesterEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 38.921 March | 4.6× |
| BexleyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 35.823 March | 4.6× |
| MontargisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.223 March | 4.6× |
| Joué-lès-ToursCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 33.021 March | 4.6× |
| GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.524 March | 4.6× |
| HayesEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 31.524 March | 4.6× |
| Clacton-on-SeaEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.024 March | 4.6× |
| BeauvaisHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 38.623 March | 4.5× |
| BrestBrittany, France | 3 | 35.721 March | 4.5× |
| ToursCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.321 March | 4.5× |
| MedemblikNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.923 March | 4.5× |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.724 March | 4.5× |
| CarlowLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 32.521 March | 4.5× |
| SpijkenisseSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 31.724 March | 4.5× |
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 29.820 March | 4.5× |
| Boulogne-sur-MerHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 50.723 March | 4.4× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 45.923 March | 4.4× |
| CopenhagenCapital Region, Denmark | 2 | 41.124 March | 4.4× |
| PlymouthEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 38.121 March | 4.4× |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 34.623 March | 4.4× |
| PrestonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.621 March | 4.4× |
| WarringtonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.421 March | 4.4× |
| Königstein im TaunusHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.520 March | 4.4× |
| HeerlenLimburg, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.220 March | 4.4× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 46.123 March | 4.3× |
| RoubaixHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 44.323 March | 4.3× |
| CherbourgNormandy, France | 1 | 36.520 March | 4.3× |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 36.123 March | 4.3× |
| The HagueSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.323 March | 4.3× |
| DomontÎle-de-France, France | 4 | 31.923 March | 4.3× |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 31.724 March | 4.3× |
| EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands | 1 | 30.624 March | 4.3× |
| FüssenBavaria, Germany | 4 | 30.121 March | 4.3× |
| BelfastNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.621 March | 4.3× |
| IrlamEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.621 March | 4.3× |
| DunkirkHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 46.823 March | 4.2× |
| LouviersNormandy, France | 5 | 42.123 March | 4.2× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 38.024 March | 4.2× |
| LorientBrittany, France | 1 | 37.421 March | 4.2× |
| OrléansCentre-Val de Loire, France | 4 | 35.921 March | 4.2× |
| KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 34.823 March | 4.2× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 33.824 March | 4.2× |
| DreuxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 4 | 33.623 March | 4.2× |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 30.921 March | 4.2× |
| BourgesCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 29.223 March | 4.2× |
| NorwichEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.824 March | 4.2× |
| LeedsEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 34.721 March | 4.1× |
| ÉvreuxNormandy, France | 3 | 33.421 March | 4.1× |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 30.524 March | 4.1× |
| HillegomSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 29.723 March | 4.1× |
| FontainebleauÎle-de-France, France | 1 | 27.221 March | 4.1× |
| NamurWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 25.820 March | 4.1× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 59.124 March | 4.0× |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 43.723 March | 4.0× |
| GenkFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 30.624 March | 4.0× |
| AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 29.820 March | 4.0× |
| BarneveldGelderland, The Netherlands | 1 | 28.724 March | 4.0× |
| MyyrmäkiUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 27.225 March | 4.0× |
| NeversBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 1 | 25.722 March | 4.0× |
| RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 84.619 March | 3.9× |
| DouaiHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 38.620 March | 3.9× |
| ParisÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 36.623 March | 3.9× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 36.324 March | 3.9× |
| VisbyGotland, Sweden | 1 | 34.223 March | 3.9× |
| BadhoevedorpNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 1 | 31.624 March | 3.9× |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | 3 | 30.623 March | 3.9× |
| MolFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 29.224 March | 3.9× |
| Stoke-on-TrentEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.921 March | 3.9× |
| ReadingEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.524 March | 3.9× |
| Bourg-en-BresseAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 27.120 March | 3.9× |
| UtrechtUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 27.023 March | 3.9× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 26.324 March | 3.9× |
| NiortNew Aquitaine, France | 1 | 25.022 March | 3.9× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 33.924 March | 3.8× |
| BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.024 March | 3.8× |
| AuxerreBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 2 | 29.322 March | 3.8× |
| AarschotFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.224 March | 3.8× |
| SheffieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.521 March | 3.8× |
| FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 28.324 March | 3.8× |
| MalmöSkåne, Sweden | 1 | 27.924 March | 3.8× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 5 | 55.624 March | 3.7× |
| KrosnoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 41.824 March | 3.7× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 41.124 March | 3.7× |
| Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 34.923 March | 3.7× |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.721 March | 3.7× |
| JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 28.920 March | 3.7× |
| AthloneLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 28.921 March | 3.7× |
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 27.824 March | 3.7× |
| ChâteaurouxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 26.422 March | 3.7× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.824 March | 3.7× |
| MeiningenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 25.420 March | 3.7× |
| NewportWales, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.121 March | 3.7× |
| HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 37.824 March | 3.6× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 35.524 March | 3.6× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 35.224 March | 3.6× |
| HouthalenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 33.924 March | 3.6× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 32.523 March | 3.6× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.221 March | 3.6× |
| BarnsleyEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 31.221 March | 3.6× |
| ZaventemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 30.723 March | 3.6× |
| ZwijndrechtFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 30.624 March | 3.6× |
| MaarssenUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.324 March | 3.6× |
| HasseltFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.824 March | 3.6× |
| StabroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 29.124 March | 3.6× |
| KapellenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.724 March | 3.6× |
| WillebroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.623 March | 3.6× |
| KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 28.124 March | 3.6× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 1 | 26.624 March | 3.6× |
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.519 March | 3.6× |
| MeyzieuAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 25.321 March | 3.6× |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.123 March | 3.6× |
| CoulommiersÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 37.423 March | 3.5× |
| CreilHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 36.623 March | 3.5× |
| HamburgHamburg, Germany | 1 | 36.324 March | 3.5× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 3 | 34.120 March | 3.5× |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.820 March | 3.5× |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 32.224 March | 3.5× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 31.523 March | 3.5× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 3 | 31.020 March | 3.5× |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.624 March | 3.5× |
| IJsselsteinUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.324 March | 3.5× |
| MechelenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 30.123 March | 3.5× |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.223 March | 3.5× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.020 March | 3.5× |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 28.420 March | 3.5× |
| Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 28.020 March | 3.5× |
| NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands | 2 | 27.924 March | 3.5× |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.124 March | 3.5× |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.820 March | 3.5× |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.524 March | 3.5× |
| VenrayLimburg, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.324 March | 3.5× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 34.421 March | 3.4× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 34.220 March | 3.4× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 34.123 March | 3.4× |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 30.824 March | 3.4× |
| MaldegemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.424 March | 3.4× |
| AntwerpFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 29.424 March | 3.4× |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 29.319 March | 3.4× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.120 March | 3.4× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 2 | 28.924 March | 3.4× |
| BeverenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.624 March | 3.4× |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 27.321 March | 3.4× |
| RiedstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.220 March | 3.4× |
| GillinghamEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 26.824 March | 3.4× |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.120 March | 3.4× |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.522 March | 3.4× |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.420 March | 3.4× |
| SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland | 2 | 37.723 March | 3.3× |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 31.224 March | 3.3× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 30.924 March | 3.3× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 3 | 30.720 March | 3.3× |
| FuldaHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.820 March | 3.3× |
| ReimsGrand Est, France | 1 | 28.821 March | 3.3× |
| KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 27.821 March | 3.3× |
| EisenachThuringia, Germany | 1 | 26.720 March | 3.3× |
| SouthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.024 March | 3.3× |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.920 March | 3.3× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 2 | 25.920 March | 3.3× |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.020 March | 3.3× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 35.720 March | 3.2× |
| Saint HelierSt Helier, Jersey | 2 | 32.420 March | 3.2× |
| HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 31.121 March | 3.2× |
| SchiedamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.724 March | 3.2× |
| EvergemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.824 March | 3.2× |
| CannockEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.821 March | 3.2× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 29.521 March | 3.2× |
| RixensartWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 29.120 March | 3.2× |
| WalsrodeLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 29.024 March | 3.2× |
| LüneburgLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 28.824 March | 3.2× |
| KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 28.521 March | 3.2× |
| Cheadle HulmeEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.321 March | 3.2× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.120 March | 3.2× |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 28.024 March | 3.2× |
| OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 27.824 March | 3.2× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 1 | 27.124 March | 3.2× |
| JenaThuringia, Germany | 2 | 26.820 March | 3.2× |
| WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.224 March | 3.2× |
| BensheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.721 March | 3.2× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 3.2× |
| LyonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 25.521 March | 3.2× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 5 | 51.224 March | 3.1× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 31.520 March | 3.1× |
| BuxtehudeLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 31.424 March | 3.1× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.320 March | 3.1× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.920 March | 3.1× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.120 March | 3.1× |
| LundSkåne, Sweden | 1 | 29.924 March | 3.1× |
| DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 29.224 March | 3.1× |
| MunichBavaria, Germany | 1 | 28.821 March | 3.1× |
| LampertheimHesse, Germany | 2 | 28.620 March | 3.1× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 3 | 28.225 March | 3.1× |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 27.624 March | 3.1× |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.424 March | 3.1× |
| JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 27.320 March | 3.1× |
| FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 27.219 March | 3.1× |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.720 March | 3.1× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 25.224 March | 3.1× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 7 | 36.621 March | 3.0× |
| EmdenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 31.324 March | 3.0× |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 30.824 March | 3.0× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 30.621 March | 3.0× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 30.220 March | 3.0× |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 29.720 March | 3.0× |
| LuckenwaldeBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.521 March | 3.0× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.421 March | 3.0× |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 28.020 March | 3.0× |
| KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 27.220 March | 3.0× |
| ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 25.321 March | 3.0× |
| MichelstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.321 March | 3.0× |
| OtwockMazovia, Poland | 4 | 68.920 March | 2.9× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 50.024 March | 2.9× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 3 | 47.924 March | 2.9× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 33.521 March | 2.9× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 32.020 March | 2.9× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 31.021 March | 2.9× |
| Hanau am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.920 March | 2.9× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.721 March | 2.9× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 27.421 March | 2.9× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 27.219 March | 2.9× |
| Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 26.819 March | 2.9× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 26.121 March | 2.9× |
| WürzburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 26.020 March | 2.9× |
| PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.220 March | 2.9× |
| KreuzlingenThurgau, Switzerland | 1 | 25.019 March | 2.9× |
| KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.019 March | 2.9× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.022 March | 2.9× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 48.219 March | 2.8× |
| BiałystokPodlasie, Poland | 2 | 37.824 March | 2.8× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 31.524 March | 2.8× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 2 | 30.020 March | 2.8× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 3 | 29.920 March | 2.8× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 28.519 March | 2.8× |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 28.024 March | 2.8× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.020 March | 2.8× |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 2.8× |
| TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.019 March | 2.8× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 66.824 March | 2.7× |
| StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 3 | 49.019 March | 2.7× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 41.020 March | 2.7× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 39.124 March | 2.7× |
| MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 33.320 March | 2.7× |
| GeraThuringia, Germany | 3 | 31.920 March | 2.7× |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 30.120 March | 2.7× |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | 2 | 29.721 March | 2.7× |
| Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 29.221 March | 2.7× |
| NorthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.420 March | 2.7× |
| CardiffWales, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.021 March | 2.7× |
| NordhausenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 25.519 March | 2.7× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 47.724 March | 2.6× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 43.824 March | 2.6× |
| CiechanówMazovia, Poland | 2 | 39.624 March | 2.6× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 30.021 March | 2.6× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 2 | 26.820 March | 2.6× |
| BambergBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.320 March | 2.6× |
| AugustówPodlasie, Poland | 1 | 41.524 March | 2.5× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 2 | 40.619 March | 2.5× |
| NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 39.224 March | 2.5× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 2 | 34.623 March | 2.5× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 3 | 32.324 March | 2.5× |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 32.119 March | 2.5× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.220 March | 2.5× |
| MarktredwitzBavaria, Germany | 2 | 27.219 March | 2.5× |
| NancyGrand Est, France | 1 | 26.521 March | 2.5× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 26.419 March | 2.5× |
| LunévilleGrand Est, France | 3 | 26.021 March | 2.5× |
| BurghausenBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.321 March | 2.5× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 3 | 43.219 March | 2.4× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 3 | 34.724 March | 2.4× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 3 | 33.723 March | 2.4× |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 30.621 March | 2.4× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 30.623 March | 2.4× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 29.024 March | 2.4× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 27.324 March | 2.4× |
| StendalSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 26.124 March | 2.4× |
| ZgierzŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 53.819 March | 2.3× |
| Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland | 2 | 47.320 March | 2.3× |
| RadomMazovia, Poland | 2 | 45.819 March | 2.3× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 1 | 43.924 March | 2.3× |
| BrzegOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 41.624 March | 2.3× |
| WarsawMazovia, Poland | 1 | 34.524 March | 2.3× |
| PłockMazovia, Poland | 1 | 33.024 March | 2.3× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 2 | 31.818 March | 2.3× |
| Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland | 1 | 52.520 March | 2.2× |
| KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland | 4 | 52.319 March | 2.2× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 50.124 March | 2.2× |
| KrakówLesser Poland, Poland | 1 | 40.524 March | 2.2× |
| KielceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 1 | 40.324 March | 2.2× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 1 | 39.724 March | 2.2× |
| WinterthurZurich, Switzerland | 2 | 39.422 March | 2.2× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 1 | 29.321 March | 2.2× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 1 | 28.524 March | 2.2× |
| PtujUrban Municipality of Ptuj, Slovenia | 1 | 26.621 March | 2.2× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 1 | 25.320 March | 2.2× |
| PruszkówMazovia, Poland | 1 | 36.824 March | 2.1× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 1 | 32.819 March | 2.1× |
| Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland | 1 | 31.024 March | 2.1× |
| SenicaTrnava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.720 March | 2.1× |
| SenecBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.421 March | 2.1× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 2.1× |
| RacibórzSilesia, Poland | 1 | 35.319 March | 2.0× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 1 | 35.224 March | 2.0× |
| Devínska Nová VesBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.220 March | 2.0× |
| MalackyBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.020 March | 2.0× |
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 France
Number 9 of 54 episodes in Germany and France 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, 28 February to 4 March 2023279
- Europe, February and March 2024264
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 54.
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SmogRank, Europe, 18 to 25 March 2026: 362 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 18 to 25 March 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-03-18-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.