SmogRank / Countries / The Netherlands / December 2025
Most polluted cities in The Netherlands, December 2025
29 cities in The Netherlands ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 31 days. Worst: Haarlem at 17.5 µg/m³, #401 of 2,360 cities in the world. Cleanest: Heerlen at 8.3. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.
- 1Haarlemlow-cost sensorsNorth Holland 17.5
- 2SchiedamSouth Holland 12.8
- 3EindhovenNorth Brabant 12.5
- 4The HagueSouth Holland 11.8
- 5BadhoevedorpNorth Holland 11.6
- 6Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland 11.5
- 6EnschedeOverijssel 11.5
- 6VelserbroekNorth Holland 11.5
- 9GroningenGroningen 11.4
- 10IJsselsteinUtrecht 11.3
- 11RidderkerkSouth Holland 11.2
- 11BarneveldGelderland 11.2
- 13UtrechtUtrecht 11.0
- 14TilburgNorth Brabant 10.8
- 15's-GravenzandeSouth Holland 10.7
- 16RotterdamSouth Holland 10.6
- 17BredaNorth Brabant 10.5
- 18VenrayLimburg 10.1
- 18VenloLimburg 10.1
- 18AmsterdamNorth Holland 10.1
- 21SpijkenisseSouth Holland 10.0
- 22MedemblikNorth Holland 9.7
- 22MaarssenUtrecht 9.7
- 24ZaanstadNorth Holland 9.5
- 24NijmegenGelderland 9.5
- 26MaassluisSouth Holland 9.4
- 27PurmerendNorth Holland 8.7
- 28HillegomSouth Holland 8.6
- 29HeerlenLimburg 8.3
Good0–9.0
Moderate9.1–35.4
Sensitive groups35.5–55.4
Unhealthy55.5–125.4
Very unhealthy125.5–225.4
Hazardous225.5+
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