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Most polluted cities in Grand Est, France

10 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Nancy at 7.7 µg/m³, #1,055 in the world.

About 0 people in these 2 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day over the last 30 days.

Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.

  1. 1Strasbourg 0
  2. 2Metzlast full day 3 Oct 0
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Grand Est cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City7-day estimateBand
Charleville-Mézières≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Châlons-en-Champagne≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Schiltigheim≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Chaumont≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Illkirch-Graffenstaden≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Montigny-lès-Metz≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Sarreguemines≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Saint-Louis≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate
Sedan≈ 5 µg/m³Good
Sélestat≈ 12 µg/m³Moderate
Bar-le-Duc≈ 6 µg/m³Good
Saint-Avold≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Toul≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Bischheim≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Lingolsheim≈ 13 µg/m³Moderate
Vitry-le-François≈ 7 µg/m³Good
Laxou≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Villers-lès-Nancy≈ 8 µg/m³Good
Wittenheim≈ 10 µg/m³Moderate
Yutz≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Hayange≈ 9 µg/m³Moderate
Illzach≈ 11 µg/m³Moderate
Pont-à-Mousson≈ 8 µg/m³Good

Bad-air episodes in Grand Est

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Grand Est, France, PM2.5, last 30 days to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/fr/region/grand-est?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.