Central Europe, March 2026
For 12 days, from 1 to 12 March 2026, 442 cities in Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and 22 more countries had PM2.5 at least twice their usual for the time of year. The worst reading was Radomsko, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland: 109.0 µg/m³ on 7 March, about 4.8× its usual 22.8.
Day by day
How it spread
Every city it reached
| City | Days | Highest | Above usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| OverijseFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 54.58 March | 11× |
| CambridgeEngland, United Kingdom | 5 | 46.99 March | 9.4× |
| Le HavreNormandy, France | 4 | 69.48 March | 8.9× |
| BeerselFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 55.57 March | 8.3× |
| GothenburgVästra Götaland, Sweden | 3 | 52.19 March | 8.0× |
| MontivilliersNormandy, France | 4 | 54.98 March | 7.7× |
| SouthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 43.79 March | 7.4× |
| AndoverEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 37.09 March | 7.4× |
| HayesEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 38.19 March | 7.3× |
| OxfordEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 35.59 March | 7.1× |
| DieppeNormandy, France | 3 | 55.88 March | 6.7× |
| ReadingEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 36.09 March | 6.7× |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 50.87 March | 6.6× |
| KlaukkalaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 32.911 March | 6.6× |
| LohjaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 37.811 March | 6.5× |
| LutonEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 37.09 March | 6.5× |
| PécsBaranya, Hungary | 4 | 94.74 March | 6.4× |
| Royal Leamington SpaEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 31.69 March | 6.3× |
| KalmarKalmar, Sweden | 4 | 52.310 March | 6.2× |
| LahtiPaijat-Hame, Finland | 1 | 31.011 March | 6.2× |
| AmiensHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 54.98 March | 6.2× |
| Canvey IslandEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 36.39 March | 6.2× |
| PortsmouthEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 37.49 March | 6.1× |
| Knokke-HeistFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 46.28 March | 6.1× |
| GillinghamEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 31.59 March | 6.1× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 59.97 March | 6.1× |
| NewmarketEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.95 March | 6.0× |
| TournaiWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 40.07 March | 6.0× |
| WestburyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 29.88 March | 6.0× |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 52.57 March | 5.9× |
| NorrköpingÖstergötland, Sweden | 2 | 37.610 March | 5.9× |
| ÉvreuxNormandy, France | 2 | 46.28 March | 5.8× |
| DoncasterEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 33.45 March | 5.8× |
| VantaaUusimaa, Finland | 2 | 33.111 March | 5.7× |
| AnsWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 28.58 March | 5.7× |
| CopenhagenCapital Region, Denmark | 5 | 59.010 March | 5.7× |
| LuganoTicino, Switzerland | 5 | 43.15 March | 5.7× |
| NesttunVestland, Norway | 1 | 28.36 March | 5.7× |
| SeafordEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 30.49 March | 5.6× |
| BergenVestland, Norway | 1 | 28.06 March | 5.6× |
| NottinghamEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 34.89 March | 5.5× |
| YorkEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 30.75 March | 5.5× |
| JumetWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 27.47 March | 5.5× |
| RouenNormandy, France | 3 | 52.58 March | 5.5× |
| AndenneWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 33.97 March | 5.5× |
| Newton AbbotEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.35 March | 5.5× |
| BeverenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 46.88 March | 5.4× |
| CherbourgNormandy, France | 3 | 36.88 March | 5.4× |
| High PeakEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.05 March | 5.4× |
| ParisÎle-de-France, France | 3 | 48.08 March | 5.4× |
| HelsinkiUusimaa, Finland | 2 | 33.411 March | 5.4× |
| Saint-QuentinHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 45.27 March | 5.4× |
| MaldegemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 49.98 March | 5.4× |
| NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands | 3 | 42.79 March | 5.3× |
| CaenNormandy, France | 2 | 35.28 March | 5.3× |
| LouviersNormandy, France | 3 | 49.48 March | 5.3× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 39.39 March | 5.3× |
| Clacton-on-SeaEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 30.75 March | 5.3× |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 56.17 March | 5.3× |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 40.77 March | 5.3× |
| RoubaixHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 51.87 March | 5.3× |
| BeauvaisHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 45.38 March | 5.3× |
| HeerlenLimburg, The Netherlands | 2 | 31.08 March | 5.3× |
| CannockEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.85 March | 5.2× |
| LeicesterEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 37.19 March | 5.2× |
| EvergemFlanders, Belgium | 5 | 52.28 March | 5.2× |
| LappeenrantaSouth Karelia, Finland | 1 | 27.012 March | 5.2× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 101.07 March | 5.2× |
| BarnsleyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 30.45 March | 5.2× |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | 4 | 42.67 March | 5.1× |
| ÖrebroÖrebro, Sweden | 1 | 26.610 March | 5.1× |
| DouaiHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 52.67 March | 5.1× |
| Flémalle-HauteWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 30.57 March | 5.1× |
| WillebroekFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 43.77 March | 5.1× |
| MyyrmäkiUusimaa, Finland | 2 | 34.311 March | 5.0× |
| LundSkåne, Sweden | 4 | 42.210 March | 5.0× |
| DomontÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 37.17 March | 5.0× |
| MonsWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 42.57 March | 5.0× |
| StabroekFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 42.48 March | 5.0× |
| MalmöSkåne, Sweden | 4 | 40.98 March | 5.0× |
| BristolEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.99 March | 5.0× |
| RidderkerkSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 5 | 40.09 March | 4.9× |
| ChesterfieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 29.19 March | 4.9× |
| BellinzonaTicino, Switzerland | 5 | 43.41 March | 4.9× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 44.78 March | 4.9× |
| BexleyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 33.39 March | 4.9× |
| UtrechtUtrecht, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.59 March | 4.9× |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 39.89 March | 4.9× |
| DreuxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 37.88 March | 4.8× |
| Stoke-on-TrentEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.45 March | 4.8× |
| LeedsEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 35.65 March | 4.8× |
| Kingston upon HullEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 31.15 March | 4.8× |
| RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 6 | 109.07 March | 4.8× |
| SunderlandEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.75 March | 4.8× |
| BrightonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 35.89 March | 4.8× |
| DerbyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 33.39 March | 4.8× |
| EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands | 4 | 39.07 March | 4.8× |
| LiverpoolEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.55 March | 4.8× |
| ZwijndrechtFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 42.08 March | 4.7× |
| ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 5 | 37.010 March | 4.7× |
| SheffieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 29.59 March | 4.7× |
| VisbyGotland, Sweden | 4 | 39.811 March | 4.7× |
| AlbertvilleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 33.06 March | 4.6× |
| WarringtonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.45 March | 4.6× |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 5 | 38.38 March | 4.6× |
| BarnstapleEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.05 March | 4.6× |
| NewportWales, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.09 March | 4.6× |
| NorwichEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 27.86 March | 4.6× |
| CalaisHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 40.09 March | 4.5× |
| ChartresCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 37.17 March | 4.5× |
| The HagueSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 35.19 March | 4.5× |
| MontargisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 36.47 March | 4.5× |
| CreilHauts-de-France, France | 3 | 43.58 March | 4.5× |
| ZürichZurich, Switzerland | 4 | 37.68 March | 4.5× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 43.48 March | 4.5× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 42.57 March | 4.5× |
| AarschotFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 37.17 March | 4.5× |
| VelserbroekNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.010 March | 4.4× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 44.37 March | 4.4× |
| RambouilletÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 35.37 March | 4.4× |
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 30.08 March | 4.4× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 8 | 61.77 March | 4.4× |
| ZaanstadNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 37.310 March | 4.4× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 45.97 March | 4.4× |
| NamurWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 29.97 March | 4.3× |
| WittenbergeBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 40.37 March | 4.3× |
| StendalSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 58.47 March | 4.3× |
| BarneveldGelderland, The Netherlands | 3 | 35.67 March | 4.3× |
| LinköpingÖstergötland, Sweden | 2 | 35.610 March | 4.3× |
| Königstein im TaunusHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.19 March | 4.3× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 46.88 March | 4.3× |
| SpijkenisseSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 5 | 38.28 March | 4.2× |
| ReimsGrand Est, France | 2 | 35.28 March | 4.2× |
| MechelenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 40.17 March | 4.2× |
| AntwerpFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 38.47 March | 4.2× |
| VenrayLimburg, The Netherlands | 3 | 31.68 March | 4.2× |
| DimitrovgradHaskovo, Bulgaria | 6 | 52.61 March | 4.2× |
| ZaventemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 38.27 March | 4.2× |
| BernBern, Switzerland | 4 | 32.77 March | 4.2× |
| MaassluisSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 36.07 March | 4.2× |
| BadhoevedorpNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 4 | 39.38 March | 4.2× |
| IJsselsteinUtrecht, The Netherlands | 4 | 38.38 March | 4.2× |
| CraiovaDolj, Romania | 4 | 76.04 March | 4.2× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 41.18 March | 4.2× |
| Boulogne-sur-MerHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 43.17 March | 4.1× |
| MüllheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.87 March | 4.1× |
| FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 37.19 March | 4.1× |
| MedemblikNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 1 | 31.310 March | 4.1× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 5 | 80.78 March | 4.1× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 4 | 64.97 March | 4.1× |
| AlençonNormandy, France | 2 | 31.28 March | 4.1× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 5 | 39.410 March | 4.1× |
| HouthalenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 41.37 March | 4.1× |
| KrosnoSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 48.67 March | 4.1× |
| ÉtampesÎle-de-France, France | 2 | 29.87 March | 4.1× |
| RixensartWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 37.97 March | 4.1× |
| KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 39.98 March | 4.1× |
| Saint HelierSt Helier, Jersey | 2 | 38.58 March | 4.1× |
| MolFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 33.28 March | 4.0× |
| SödertäljeStockholm, Sweden | 3 | 33.211 March | 4.0× |
| HaarlemNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 56.29 March | 4.0× |
| GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands | 4 | 31.010 March | 4.0× |
| BremerhavenBremen, Germany | 4 | 33.410 March | 4.0× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 38.27 March | 4.0× |
| WiganEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.25 March | 4.0× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 5 | 46.711 March | 4.0× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 40.37 March | 4.0× |
| HasseltFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 34.58 March | 4.0× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 7 | 81.57 March | 4.0× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 46.27 March | 3.9× |
| KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 30.38 March | 3.9× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 33.89 March | 3.9× |
| OtwockMazovia, Poland | 4 | 108.06 March | 3.9× |
| OlpeNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 33.39 March | 3.9× |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.17 March | 3.9× |
| KapellenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 35.67 March | 3.9× |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 4 | 37.57 March | 3.9× |
| VenloLimburg, The Netherlands | 4 | 36.27 March | 3.9× |
| NorthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 39.39 March | 3.9× |
| StrausbergBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 37.68 March | 3.9× |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 32.54 March | 3.9× |
| PoriSatakunta, Finland | 1 | 25.911 March | 3.9× |
| KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 34.48 March | 3.9× |
| KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 4 | 36.38 March | 3.9× |
| BiałystokPodlasie, Poland | 4 | 63.58 March | 3.8× |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 39.18 March | 3.8× |
| 's-GravenzandeSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 36.310 March | 3.8× |
| StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 3 | 79.38 March | 3.8× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 99.48 March | 3.8× |
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.210 March | 3.8× |
| DartfordEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.39 March | 3.8× |
| Târgu JiuGorj County, Romania | 6 | 76.92 March | 3.8× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 2 | 78.38 March | 3.8× |
| BloisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 27.07 March | 3.8× |
| FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 5 | 39.77 March | 3.7× |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 33.77 March | 3.7× |
| BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 37.09 March | 3.7× |
| CardiffWales, United Kingdom | 2 | 32.09 March | 3.7× |
| FreiburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.87 March | 3.7× |
| Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 37.810 March | 3.7× |
| ScunthorpeEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 29.65 March | 3.7× |
| Schwedt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 4 | 44.48 March | 3.7× |
| MaarssenUtrecht, The Netherlands | 4 | 33.710 March | 3.7× |
| DunkirkHauts-de-France, France | 6 | 36.96 March | 3.7× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 32.79 March | 3.6× |
| HillegomSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 1 | 27.810 March | 3.6× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 35.28 March | 3.6× |
| LindauBavaria, Germany | 4 | 33.48 March | 3.6× |
| WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 34.17 March | 3.6× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 78.68 March | 3.6× |
| DelmenhorstLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 33.37 March | 3.6× |
| Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 34.010 March | 3.6× |
| PlymouthEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.85 March | 3.6× |
| PotsdamBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 35.210 March | 3.6× |
| AalenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 28.89 March | 3.6× |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 39.17 March | 3.6× |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 34.88 March | 3.6× |
| LampertheimHesse, Germany | 3 | 36.99 March | 3.5× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 6 | 45.09 March | 3.5× |
| JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 34.37 March | 3.5× |
| SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland | 5 | 48.411 March | 3.5× |
| BelgradeCentral Serbia, Serbia | 5 | 83.43 March | 3.5× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 5 | 39.510 March | 3.5× |
| HamburgHamburg, Germany | 4 | 40.58 March | 3.5× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 5 | 37.310 March | 3.5× |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.39 March | 3.5× |
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 29.28 March | 3.5× |
| PurmerendNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 26.010 March | 3.5× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 32.87 March | 3.5× |
| ManchesterEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 26.85 March | 3.4× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 3 | 41.99 March | 3.4× |
| AnnemasseAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 2 | 27.46 March | 3.4× |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 29.19 March | 3.4× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 39.710 March | 3.4× |
| EmdenLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 35.89 March | 3.4× |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 33.48 March | 3.4× |
| OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 35.18 March | 3.4× |
| NeuruppinBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 35.110 March | 3.4× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 42.28 March | 3.4× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 34.77 March | 3.4× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 6 | 37.49 March | 3.4× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 43.17 March | 3.4× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 39.08 March | 3.4× |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | 4 | 39.68 March | 3.4× |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.68 March | 3.4× |
| Saint-DizierGrand Est, France | 2 | 27.18 March | 3.3× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 38.77 March | 3.3× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.99 March | 3.3× |
| RigaRiga, Latvia | 2 | 36.228 February | 3.3× |
| ReutlingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 28.89 March | 3.3× |
| RennesBrittany, France | 1 | 27.87 March | 3.3× |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 29.17 March | 3.3× |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 33.97 March | 3.3× |
| RatingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.09 March | 3.3× |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 34.28 March | 3.3× |
| SchiedamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 6 | 36.87 March | 3.3× |
| KöpingVästmanland, Sweden | 1 | 27.610 March | 3.3× |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 31.19 March | 3.3× |
| Kempten (Allgäu)Bavaria, Germany | 1 | 27.88 March | 3.3× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 29.47 March | 3.3× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 48.37 March | 3.3× |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 30.05 March | 3.3× |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany | 5 | 28.09 March | 3.3× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 4 | 36.210 March | 3.2× |
| KölnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.19 March | 3.2× |
| HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 5 | 36.49 March | 3.2× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 28.99 March | 3.2× |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.09 March | 3.2× |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 31.68 March | 3.2× |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.29 March | 3.2× |
| DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 35.07 March | 3.2× |
| PorsgrunnTelemark, Norway | 1 | 28.07 March | 3.2× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 1 | 31.19 March | 3.2× |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 33.010 March | 3.2× |
| FalkenseeBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 28.110 March | 3.2× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 3 | 31.87 March | 3.1× |
| AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.57 March | 3.1× |
| LuckenwaldeBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 33.310 March | 3.1× |
| KoperUrban Municipality of Koper, Slovenia | 2 | 32.69 March | 3.1× |
| BensheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.39 March | 3.1× |
| GoriziaFriuli Venezia Giulia, Italy | 1 | 40.21 March | 3.1× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 4 | 41.45 March | 3.1× |
| CiechanówMazovia, Poland | 3 | 61.78 March | 3.1× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 6 | 56.18 March | 3.1× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 27.59 March | 3.1× |
| TimişoaraTimiș County, Romania | 3 | 45.13 March | 3.1× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 3 | 28.910 March | 3.1× |
| HalberstadtSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 33.88 March | 3.1× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 33.810 March | 3.1× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.19 March | 3.1× |
| KleinmachnowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 27.310 March | 3.1× |
| MunichBavaria, Germany | 2 | 28.48 March | 3.1× |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 29.09 March | 3.1× |
| ViennaVienna, Austria | 2 | 37.84 March | 3.0× |
| NauenBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 32.07 March | 3.0× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 2 | 26.510 March | 3.0× |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 33.58 March | 3.0× |
| EisenhüttenstadtBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 37.18 March | 3.0× |
| SzegedCsongrád, Hungary | 3 | 41.92 March | 3.0× |
| Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 28.59 March | 3.0× |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 29.47 March | 3.0× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 5 | 38.78 March | 3.0× |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 27.29 March | 3.0× |
| KelheimBavaria, Germany | 1 | 27.29 March | 3.0× |
| NancyGrand Est, France | 3 | 32.97 March | 3.0× |
| BuxtehudeLower Saxony, Germany | 4 | 33.88 March | 3.0× |
| BaselBasel-City, Switzerland | 2 | 28.67 March | 3.0× |
| ŘíčanyCentral Bohemia, Czechia | 3 | 60.15 March | 3.0× |
| Bernau bei BerlinBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 37.18 March | 3.0× |
| CalafatDolj, Romania | 3 | 68.14 March | 3.0× |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.49 March | 3.0× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 2 | 33.59 March | 3.0× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.86 March | 3.0× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 2 | 30.88 March | 3.0× |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 5 | 36.17 March | 3.0× |
| ToruńKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 4 | 59.18 March | 3.0× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.19 March | 2.9× |
| MödlingLower Austria, Austria | 1 | 34.34 March | 2.9× |
| Königs WusterhausenBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 31.310 March | 2.9× |
| OrléansCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 29.57 March | 2.9× |
| ZnojmoSouth Moravian, Czechia | 2 | 42.94 March | 2.9× |
| KöthenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 4 | 32.38 March | 2.9× |
| PodgoricaPodgorica, Montenegro | 3 | 50.34 March | 2.9× |
| LunévilleGrand Est, France | 3 | 33.18 March | 2.9× |
| GyálPest County, Hungary | 5 | 43.84 March | 2.9× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 5 | 43.411 March | 2.9× |
| GießenHesse, Germany | 2 | 28.19 March | 2.9× |
| PerchtoldsdorfLower Austria, Austria | 2 | 34.84 March | 2.9× |
| WürzburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 29.68 March | 2.8× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 35.29 March | 2.8× |
| HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 4 | 38.08 March | 2.8× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 1 | 25.75 March | 2.8× |
| LüneburgLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 27.110 March | 2.8× |
| BraunschweigLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 28.28 March | 2.8× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 4 | 31.99 March | 2.8× |
| HaskovoHaskovo, Bulgaria | 2 | 44.21 March | 2.8× |
| IngolstadtBavaria, Germany | 2 | 33.09 March | 2.8× |
| NeuenhagenBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 31.08 March | 2.8× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 4 | 41.210 March | 2.8× |
| DoleBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 1 | 25.77 March | 2.8× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 5 | 47.23 March | 2.8× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 3 | 32.29 March | 2.8× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 4 | 46.711 March | 2.7× |
| RiedstadtHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.79 March | 2.7× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 4 | 43.010 March | 2.7× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 32.37 March | 2.7× |
| LubnjowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 26.08 March | 2.7× |
| KikindaVojvodina, Serbia | 3 | 86.43 March | 2.7× |
| CodleaBrașov County, Romania | 4 | 51.23 March | 2.7× |
| FredrikstadØstfold, Norway | 1 | 25.37 March | 2.7× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.39 March | 2.7× |
| CottbusBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 31.38 March | 2.7× |
| KoblenzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 26.19 March | 2.7× |
| FuldaHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.010 March | 2.7× |
| Devínska Nová VesBratislava Region, Slovakia | 2 | 35.24 March | 2.7× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 4 | 30.09 March | 2.7× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 57.17 March | 2.6× |
| AschaffenburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.16 March | 2.6× |
| MostarFederation of B&H, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 34.84 March | 2.6× |
| JihlavaVysocina, Czechia | 1 | 36.15 March | 2.6× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 3 | 59.07 March | 2.6× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 5 | 49.611 March | 2.6× |
| WalsrodeLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 26.710 March | 2.6× |
| TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.19 March | 2.6× |
| Schwandorf in BayernBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.310 March | 2.6× |
| NurembergBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.810 March | 2.6× |
| VarnaVarna, Bulgaria | 2 | 32.54 March | 2.6× |
| Novi SadVojvodina, Serbia | 1 | 51.27 March | 2.6× |
| CoulommiersÎle-de-France, France | 3 | 30.27 March | 2.6× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 4 | 41.78 March | 2.6× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 3 | 38.510 March | 2.5× |
| RadomMazovia, Poland | 2 | 58.58 March | 2.5× |
| KumanovoKumanovo, North Macedonia | 3 | 54.92 March | 2.5× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 3 | 44.810 March | 2.5× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 29.69 March | 2.5× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 1 | 57.97 March | 2.5× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 5 | 31.67 March | 2.5× |
| OhridOhrid, North Macedonia | 1 | 54.94 March | 2.5× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 37.910 March | 2.5× |
| Hanau am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.19 March | 2.5× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.78 March | 2.5× |
| MulhouseGrand Est, France | 1 | 26.47 March | 2.5× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 1 | 26.39 March | 2.5× |
| MontbéliardBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 2 | 30.27 March | 2.5× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 4 | 27.15 March | 2.5× |
| Frankfurt (Oder)Brandenburg, Germany | 3 | 31.28 March | 2.5× |
| Târgu MureşMureș County, Romania | 2 | 94.83 March | 2.4× |
| KlosterneuburgLower Austria, Austria | 1 | 33.34 March | 2.4× |
| OlsztynWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 38.58 March | 2.4× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 3 | 70.26 March | 2.4× |
| RuseRuse, Bulgaria | 1 | 44.35 March | 2.4× |
| ElblągWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 1 | 43.111 March | 2.4× |
| AugustówPodlasie, Poland | 1 | 48.47 March | 2.4× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 3 | 68.56 March | 2.4× |
| OranienburgBrandenburg, Germany | 3 | 39.78 March | 2.4× |
| PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.27 March | 2.4× |
| BufteaIlfov, Romania | 3 | 48.35 March | 2.4× |
| ZgierzŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 59.16 March | 2.3× |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 28.29 March | 2.3× |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 27.97 March | 2.3× |
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 6 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 2026: 442 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 1 to 12 March 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-03-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.