Central Europe, March 2026
For 8 days, from 18 to 25 March 2026, 361 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 | 43.723 March | 7.7× |
| 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× |
| ManchesterEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 49.322 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× |
| SaltashEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.821 March | 5.8× |
| CalaisHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 51.223 March | 5.8× |
| ChartresCentre-Val de Loire, France | 5 | 41.821 March | 5.6× |
| LeixlipLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 29.921 March | 5.5× |
| DieppeNormandy, France | 4 | 50.923 March | 5.5× |
| AndenneWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 29.320 March | 5.5× |
| DroghedaLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 33.521 March | 5.5× |
| MontivilliersNormandy, France | 4 | 41.120 March | 5.5× |
| RennesBrittany, France | 4 | 45.521 March | 5.4× |
| SpekeEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 36.921 March | 5.3× |
| Cluain MealaMunster, Ireland | 1 | 28.721 March | 5.3× |
| BirminghamEngland, United Kingdom | 3 | 39.322 March | 5.3× |
| WestburyEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.520 March | 5.3× |
| CaenNormandy, France | 4 | 39.520 March | 5.3× |
| ÉtampesÎle-de-France, France | 3 | 35.821 March | 5.3× |
| MonsWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 37.123 March | 5.2× |
| Marche-en-FamenneWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 27.620 March | 5.2× |
| WexfordLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 42.720 March | 5.2× |
| TraleeMunster, Ireland | 2 | 35.221 March | 5.2× |
| ŁaskŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 6 | 136.019 March | 5.2× |
| TournaiWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 30.423 March | 5.2× |
| VelserbroekNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.824 March | 5.1× |
| AmiensHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 45.023 March | 5.1× |
| DublinLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 33.921 March | 5.1× |
| RambouilletÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 38.921 March | 5.1× |
| Le HavreNormandy, France | 5 | 43.920 March | 5.0× |
| CharleroiWallonia, Belgium | 3 | 33.320 March | 5.0× |
| BloisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.321 March | 5.0× |
| NaasLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 29.121 March | 5.0× |
| MaassluisSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.123 March | 5.0× |
| LilleHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 39.523 March | 5.0× |
| Newton AbbotEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.021 March | 5.0× |
| AnsWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 26.523 March | 5.0× |
| DartfordEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 32.923 March | 5.0× |
| PurmerendNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.424 March | 5.0× |
| WiganEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 36.621 March | 4.9× |
| VantaaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 25.725 March | 4.9× |
| VannesBrittany, France | 1 | 40.321 March | 4.9× |
| LohjaUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 25.825 March | 4.9× |
| QuimperBrittany, France | 3 | 39.221 March | 4.8× |
| AndoverEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.424 March | 4.8× |
| ZeitzSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 37.520 March | 4.7× |
| 's-GravenzandeSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 3 | 35.423 March | 4.7× |
| RidderkerkSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.024 March | 4.7× |
| ZaanstadNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 33.424 March | 4.7× |
| AlençonNormandy, France | 3 | 35.221 March | 4.7× |
| RouenNormandy, France | 5 | 41.723 March | 4.7× |
| PoitiersNew Aquitaine, France | 3 | 31.722 March | 4.7× |
| HelsinkiUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 27.525 March | 4.7× |
| BexleyEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 35.823 March | 4.6× |
| GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.524 March | 4.6× |
| HayesEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 31.524 March | 4.6× |
| Saint-QuentinHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 40.323 March | 4.6× |
| MontargisCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.223 March | 4.6× |
| Clacton-on-SeaEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.024 March | 4.6× |
| Joué-lès-ToursCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 33.021 March | 4.6× |
| SpijkenisseSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 31.724 March | 4.5× |
| LiègeWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 29.820 March | 4.5× |
| CarlowLeinster, Ireland | 1 | 32.521 March | 4.5× |
| MedemblikNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.923 March | 4.5× |
| BeauvaisHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 38.623 March | 4.5× |
| RotterdamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 32.724 March | 4.5× |
| BrestBrittany, France | 3 | 35.721 March | 4.5× |
| ToursCentre-Val de Loire, France | 3 | 34.321 March | 4.5× |
| PlymouthEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 38.121 March | 4.4× |
| HeerlenLimburg, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.220 March | 4.4× |
| CopenhagenCapital Region, Denmark | 2 | 41.124 March | 4.4× |
| Königstein im TaunusHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.520 March | 4.4× |
| WarringtonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.421 March | 4.4× |
| LondonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 34.623 March | 4.4× |
| BéthuneHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 45.923 March | 4.4× |
| Boulogne-sur-MerHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 50.723 March | 4.4× |
| PrestonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.621 March | 4.4× |
| 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× |
| EnschedeOverijssel, The Netherlands | 1 | 30.624 March | 4.3× |
| DenainHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 46.123 March | 4.3× |
| RoubaixHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 44.323 March | 4.3× |
| FüssenBavaria, Germany | 4 | 30.121 March | 4.3× |
| CherbourgNormandy, France | 1 | 36.520 March | 4.3× |
| IrlamEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.621 March | 4.3× |
| BelfastNorthern Ireland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.621 March | 4.3× |
| AmsterdamNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 31.724 March | 4.3× |
| LorientBrittany, France | 1 | 37.421 March | 4.2× |
| NorwichEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.824 March | 4.2× |
| LouviersNormandy, France | 5 | 42.123 March | 4.2× |
| DreuxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 4 | 33.623 March | 4.2× |
| KoksijdeFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 34.823 March | 4.2× |
| DunkirkHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 46.823 March | 4.2× |
| WismarMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 38.024 March | 4.2× |
| HeidelbergBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 30.921 March | 4.2× |
| OrléansCentre-Val de Loire, France | 4 | 35.921 March | 4.2× |
| FriesoytheLower Saxony, Germany | 3 | 33.824 March | 4.2× |
| BourgesCentre-Val de Loire, France | 2 | 29.223 March | 4.2× |
| ÉvreuxNormandy, France | 3 | 33.421 March | 4.1× |
| NamurWallonia, Belgium | 1 | 25.820 March | 4.1× |
| LeedsEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 34.721 March | 4.1× |
| HillegomSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 29.723 March | 4.1× |
| ItzehoeSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 30.524 March | 4.1× |
| FontainebleauÎle-de-France, France | 1 | 27.221 March | 4.1× |
| GenkFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 30.624 March | 4.0× |
| MyyrmäkiUusimaa, Finland | 1 | 27.225 March | 4.0× |
| JarosławSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 59.124 March | 4.0× |
| BarneveldGelderland, The Netherlands | 1 | 28.724 March | 4.0× |
| AachenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 29.820 March | 4.0× |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France, France | 4 | 43.723 March | 4.0× |
| NeversBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 1 | 25.722 March | 4.0× |
| 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× |
| OytenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 26.324 March | 3.9× |
| RadomskoŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 84.619 March | 3.9× |
| NiortNew Aquitaine, France | 1 | 25.022 March | 3.9× |
| StralsundMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 36.324 March | 3.9× |
| BadhoevedorpNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 1 | 31.624 March | 3.9× |
| DouaiHauts-de-France, France | 2 | 38.620 March | 3.9× |
| ParisÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 36.623 March | 3.9× |
| VisbyGotland, Sweden | 1 | 34.223 March | 3.9× |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital, Belgium | 3 | 30.623 March | 3.9× |
| Bourg-en-BresseAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 27.120 March | 3.9× |
| UtrechtUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 27.023 March | 3.9× |
| AarschotFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.224 March | 3.8× |
| MalmöSkåne, Sweden | 1 | 27.924 March | 3.8× |
| BorkenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.024 March | 3.8× |
| SheffieldEngland, United Kingdom | 2 | 28.521 March | 3.8× |
| FlensburgSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 28.324 March | 3.8× |
| OldenburgLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 33.924 March | 3.8× |
| AuxerreBourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | 2 | 29.322 March | 3.8× |
| ChâteaurouxCentre-Val de Loire, France | 1 | 26.422 March | 3.7× |
| Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 34.923 March | 3.7× |
| LübeckSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 27.824 March | 3.7× |
| JüchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 28.920 March | 3.7× |
| IzegemFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 41.124 March | 3.7× |
| KrosnoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 41.824 March | 3.7× |
| NewportWales, United Kingdom | 1 | 25.121 March | 3.7× |
| LingenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.824 March | 3.7× |
| MeiningenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 25.420 March | 3.7× |
| AthloneLeinster, Ireland | 2 | 28.921 March | 3.7× |
| TarnówLesser Poland, Poland | 5 | 55.624 March | 3.7× |
| KarlsruheBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 30.721 March | 3.7× |
| KielSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 28.124 March | 3.6× |
| HouthalenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 33.924 March | 3.6× |
| KapellenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.724 March | 3.6× |
| LudwigsburgBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.221 March | 3.6× |
| BarnsleyEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 31.221 March | 3.6× |
| SchwerinMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 35.524 March | 3.6× |
| WillebroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.623 March | 3.6× |
| ZaventemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 30.723 March | 3.6× |
| KortrijkFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 32.523 March | 3.6× |
| MaarssenUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.324 March | 3.6× |
| HalstenbekSchleswig-Holstein, Germany | 1 | 37.824 March | 3.6× |
| BredaNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 1 | 26.624 March | 3.6× |
| StabroekFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 29.124 March | 3.6× |
| RostockMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 35.224 March | 3.6× |
| WitzenhausenHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.519 March | 3.6× |
| HasseltFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.824 March | 3.6× |
| WilhelmshavenLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.123 March | 3.6× |
| MeyzieuAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 25.321 March | 3.6× |
| ZwijndrechtFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 30.624 March | 3.6× |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.524 March | 3.5× |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 4 | 32.224 March | 3.5× |
| WiesbadenHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.020 March | 3.5× |
| MönchengladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.820 March | 3.5× |
| NijmegenGelderland, The Netherlands | 2 | 27.924 March | 3.5× |
| CoulommiersÎle-de-France, France | 5 | 37.423 March | 3.5× |
| HamburgHamburg, Germany | 1 | 36.324 March | 3.5× |
| IJsselsteinUtrecht, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.324 March | 3.5× |
| CreilHauts-de-France, France | 5 | 36.623 March | 3.5× |
| EindhovenNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.624 March | 3.5× |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 28.420 March | 3.5× |
| MechelenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 30.123 March | 3.5× |
| Lauda-KönigshofenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 28.020 March | 3.5× |
| LochristiFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 31.523 March | 3.5× |
| WarsteinNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 32.820 March | 3.5× |
| WeimarThuringia, Germany | 3 | 31.020 March | 3.5× |
| AltenburgThuringia, Germany | 3 | 34.120 March | 3.5× |
| GentFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.223 March | 3.5× |
| DüsseldorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.124 March | 3.5× |
| VenrayLimburg, The Netherlands | 1 | 25.324 March | 3.5× |
| GrimbergenFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 34.123 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× |
| HattersheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 29.120 March | 3.4× |
| MünsterNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 30.824 March | 3.4× |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 27.321 March | 3.4× |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 34.421 March | 3.4× |
| BeverenFlanders, Belgium | 2 | 28.624 March | 3.4× |
| LörrachBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.522 March | 3.4× |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.420 March | 3.4× |
| RoeselareFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 34.220 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× |
| TilburgNorth Brabant, The Netherlands | 2 | 28.924 March | 3.4× |
| ReimsGrand Est, France | 1 | 28.821 March | 3.3× |
| ErfurtThuringia, Germany | 3 | 30.720 March | 3.3× |
| SuwałkiPodlasie, Poland | 2 | 37.723 March | 3.3× |
| GüstrowMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 30.924 March | 3.3× |
| DarmstadtHesse, Germany | 2 | 25.920 March | 3.3× |
| CuxhavenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 31.224 March | 3.3× |
| KaiserslauternRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 27.821 March | 3.3× |
| BonnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.020 March | 3.3× |
| SoestNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.920 March | 3.3× |
| FuldaHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.820 March | 3.3× |
| EisenachThuringia, Germany | 1 | 26.720 March | 3.3× |
| SouthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.024 March | 3.3× |
| WeißenfelsSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 35.720 March | 3.2× |
| KehlBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 28.521 March | 3.2× |
| LüneburgLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 28.824 March | 3.2× |
| RixensartWallonia, Belgium | 2 | 29.120 March | 3.2× |
| SchiedamSouth Holland, The Netherlands | 2 | 30.724 March | 3.2× |
| LyonAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | 1 | 25.521 March | 3.2× |
| BremenBremen, Germany | 1 | 27.124 March | 3.2× |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 28.024 March | 3.2× |
| HannoverLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 3.2× |
| Saint HelierSt Helier, Jersey | 2 | 32.420 March | 3.2× |
| EvergemFlanders, Belgium | 3 | 29.824 March | 3.2× |
| CannockEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 29.821 March | 3.2× |
| WeselNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.224 March | 3.2× |
| Rüsselsheim am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 28.120 March | 3.2× |
| WalsrodeLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 29.024 March | 3.2× |
| Cheadle HulmeEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 28.321 March | 3.2× |
| HeilbronnBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 3 | 31.121 March | 3.2× |
| BensheimHesse, Germany | 1 | 25.721 March | 3.2× |
| UlmBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 29.521 March | 3.2× |
| OsnabrückLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 27.824 March | 3.2× |
| JenaThuringia, Germany | 2 | 26.820 March | 3.2× |
| LampertheimHesse, Germany | 2 | 28.620 March | 3.1× |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 26.720 March | 3.1× |
| JülichNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 27.320 March | 3.1× |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 27.624 March | 3.1× |
| EschbornHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.120 March | 3.1× |
| Frankfurt am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 30.920 March | 3.1× |
| DuisburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.424 March | 3.1× |
| Hansestadt SalzwedelSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 25.224 March | 3.1× |
| BuxtehudeLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 31.424 March | 3.1× |
| MunichBavaria, Germany | 1 | 28.821 March | 3.1× |
| FriedrichshafenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 27.219 March | 3.1× |
| MenenFlanders, Belgium | 4 | 31.520 March | 3.1× |
| Gorzów WielkopolskiLubusz, Poland | 5 | 51.224 March | 3.1× |
| DattelnNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 29.224 March | 3.1× |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 31.320 March | 3.1× |
| VentspilsVentspils, Latvia | 3 | 28.225 March | 3.1× |
| LundSkåne, Sweden | 1 | 29.924 March | 3.1× |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 28.020 March | 3.0× |
| Bad KreuznachRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 30.621 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× |
| LuckenwaldeBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.521 March | 3.0× |
| EmdenLower Saxony, Germany | 2 | 31.324 March | 3.0× |
| NeuwiedRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 29.720 March | 3.0× |
| MainzRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 1 | 30.220 March | 3.0× |
| ŻaryLubusz, Poland | 7 | 36.621 March | 3.0× |
| Blankenfelde-MahlowBrandenburg, Germany | 1 | 29.421 March | 3.0× |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 30.824 March | 3.0× |
| Biberach an der RißBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 26.819 March | 2.9× |
| Burg bei MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 27.219 March | 2.9× |
| Bitterfeld-WolfenSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 31.021 March | 2.9× |
| WürzburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 26.020 March | 2.9× |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 33.521 March | 2.9× |
| HildesheimLower Saxony, Germany | 1 | 25.022 March | 2.9× |
| FilderstadtBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 26.121 March | 2.9× |
| PulheimNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.220 March | 2.9× |
| StuttgartBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 27.721 March | 2.9× |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz, Germany | 2 | 32.020 March | 2.9× |
| Hanau am MainHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.920 March | 2.9× |
| KonstanzBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.019 March | 2.9× |
| PoznańGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 50.024 March | 2.9× |
| OtwockMazovia, Poland | 4 | 68.920 March | 2.9× |
| AugsburgBavaria, Germany | 1 | 27.421 March | 2.9× |
| ZamośćLublin, Poland | 3 | 47.924 March | 2.9× |
| GreizThuringia, Germany | 3 | 29.920 March | 2.8× |
| MielecSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 48.219 March | 2.8× |
| JasłoSubcarpathia, Poland | 1 | 31.524 March | 2.8× |
| KrefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 3 | 28.024 March | 2.8× |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 2.8× |
| Limburg an der LahnHesse, Germany | 1 | 27.020 March | 2.8× |
| TübingenBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 1 | 25.019 March | 2.8× |
| Halle (Saale)Saxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 28.519 March | 2.8× |
| BiałystokPodlasie, Poland | 2 | 37.824 March | 2.8× |
| MühlhausenThuringia, Germany | 2 | 30.020 March | 2.8× |
| CardiffWales, United Kingdom | 1 | 26.021 March | 2.7× |
| StrasbourgGrand Est, France | 2 | 29.721 March | 2.7× |
| BydgoszczKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 39.124 March | 2.7× |
| StarachowiceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 3 | 49.019 March | 2.7× |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 30.120 March | 2.7× |
| MerseburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 33.320 March | 2.7× |
| NordhausenThuringia, Germany | 1 | 25.519 March | 2.7× |
| Schwäbisch HallBaden-Wurttemberg, Germany | 2 | 29.221 March | 2.7× |
| Kędzierzyn-KoźleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 4 | 41.020 March | 2.7× |
| KaliszGreater Poland, Poland | 1 | 66.824 March | 2.7× |
| NorthamptonEngland, United Kingdom | 1 | 27.420 March | 2.7× |
| GeraThuringia, Germany | 3 | 31.920 March | 2.7× |
| BambergBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.320 March | 2.6× |
| WittenbergSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 30.021 March | 2.6× |
| DębicaSubcarpathia, Poland | 3 | 47.724 March | 2.6× |
| KasselHesse, Germany | 2 | 26.820 March | 2.6× |
| RzeszówSubcarpathia, Poland | 4 | 43.824 March | 2.6× |
| CiechanówMazovia, Poland | 2 | 39.624 March | 2.6× |
| BernburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 32.119 March | 2.5× |
| MarktredwitzBavaria, Germany | 2 | 27.219 March | 2.5× |
| MagdeburgSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 3 | 26.419 March | 2.5× |
| BurghausenBavaria, Germany | 1 | 25.321 March | 2.5× |
| GdańskPomerania, Poland | 2 | 34.623 March | 2.5× |
| NancyGrand Est, France | 1 | 26.521 March | 2.5× |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 2 | 27.220 March | 2.5× |
| AugustówPodlasie, Poland | 1 | 41.524 March | 2.5× |
| NiskoSubcarpathia, Poland | 2 | 39.224 March | 2.5× |
| OpoleOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 2 | 40.619 March | 2.5× |
| LiepājaLiepaja, Latvia | 3 | 32.324 March | 2.5× |
| LunévilleGrand Est, France | 3 | 26.021 March | 2.5× |
| DessauSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 2 | 30.621 March | 2.4× |
| KołobrzegWest Pomerania, Poland | 3 | 34.724 March | 2.4× |
| NeubrandenburgMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany | 1 | 27.324 March | 2.4× |
| Jelenia GóraLower Silesia, Poland | 3 | 43.219 March | 2.4× |
| TeltowBrandenburg, Germany | 2 | 29.024 March | 2.4× |
| KościerzynaPomerania, Poland | 3 | 33.723 March | 2.4× |
| EłkWarmia-Masuria, Poland | 2 | 30.623 March | 2.4× |
| StendalSaxony-Anhalt, Germany | 1 | 26.124 March | 2.4× |
| ZgierzŁódź Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 53.819 March | 2.3× |
| GdyniaPomerania, Poland | 2 | 31.818 March | 2.3× |
| BrzegOpole Voivodeship, Poland | 3 | 41.624 March | 2.3× |
| RadomMazovia, Poland | 2 | 45.819 March | 2.3× |
| PtujUrban Municipality of Ptuj, Slovenia | 1 | 27.925 March | 2.3× |
| Czechowice-DziedziceSilesia, Poland | 2 | 47.320 March | 2.3× |
| PłockMazovia, Poland | 1 | 33.024 March | 2.3× |
| WarsawMazovia, Poland | 1 | 34.524 March | 2.3× |
| LublinLublin, Poland | 1 | 43.924 March | 2.3× |
| PraguePrague, Czechia | 1 | 28.524 March | 2.2× |
| GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary | 1 | 29.321 March | 2.2× |
| KłodzkoLower Silesia, Poland | 4 | 52.319 March | 2.2× |
| Jastrzębie ZdrójSilesia, Poland | 1 | 52.520 March | 2.2× |
| Zielona GóraLubusz, Poland | 1 | 25.320 March | 2.2× |
| WłocławekKujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland | 1 | 50.124 March | 2.2× |
| LegionowoMazovia, Poland | 1 | 39.724 March | 2.2× |
| KielceŚwiętokrzyskie, Poland | 1 | 40.324 March | 2.2× |
| WinterthurZurich, Switzerland | 2 | 39.422 March | 2.2× |
| KrakówLesser Poland, Poland | 1 | 40.524 March | 2.2× |
| SenecBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.421 March | 2.1× |
| BerlinState of Berlin, Germany | 1 | 25.724 March | 2.1× |
| WrocławLower Silesia, Poland | 1 | 36.119 March | 2.1× |
| Konstancin-JeziornaMazovia, Poland | 1 | 31.024 March | 2.1× |
| SenicaTrnava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.720 March | 2.1× |
| SzczecinWest Pomerania, Poland | 1 | 32.819 March | 2.1× |
| PruszkówMazovia, Poland | 1 | 36.824 March | 2.1× |
| Devínska Nová VesBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.220 March | 2.0× |
| RacibórzSilesia, Poland | 1 | 35.319 March | 2.0× |
| MalackyBratislava Region, Slovakia | 1 | 26.020 March | 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 8 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
Bars: cities reached; colour: the level of the episode's highest daily reading. All 42.
Use this page
SmogRank, Central Europe, March 2026: 361 cities with PM2.5 at twice their usual or more, 18 to 25 March 2026, smogrank.com/episodes/2026-03-central-europe-2 (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.