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Most polluted cities in The Netherlands, 2025

26 cities in The Netherlands ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 365 days; 26 above the WHO annual guideline (5.0 µg/m³). Worst: Schiedam at 11.9 µg/m³, #584 of 2,320 cities in the world. Cleanest: Heerlen at 7.2. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

← Schiedam 11.9 WHO annual guideline
Every city in The Netherlands ranked for 2025, one column each, worst on the left and cleanest on the right. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
  1. 1SchiedamSouth Holland
    22.4×
  2. 2The HagueSouth Holland
    22.1×
  3. 3VenloLimburg
    12.0×
  4. 3RotterdamSouth Holland
    12.0×
  5. 5TilburgNorth Brabant
    11.9×
  6. 5BadhoevedorpNorth Holland
    11.9×
  7. 7VenrayLimburg
    11.9×
  8. 7BredaNorth Brabant
    11.9×
  9. 9Velsen-ZuidNorth Holland
    11.9×
  10. 10EindhovenNorth Brabant
    11.9×
  11. 11MedemblikNorth Holland
    11.8×
  12. 12BarneveldGelderland
    11.8×
  13. 13RidderkerkSouth Holland
    11.8×
  14. 13MaarssenUtrecht
    11.8×
  15. 13HillegomSouth Holland
    11.8×
  16. 16EnschedeOverijssel
    11.7×
  17. 17IJsselsteinUtrecht
    11.7×
  18. 17VelserbroekNorth Holland
    11.7×
  19. 19UtrechtUtrecht
    11.7×
  20. 19NijmegenGelderland
    11.7×
  21. 21SpijkenisseSouth Holland
    11.7×
  22. 21AmsterdamNorth Holland
    11.7×
  23. 23MaassluisSouth Holland
    11.6×
  24. 24GroningenGroningen
    11.6×
  25. 25ZaanstadNorth Holland
    11.5×
  26. 26HeerlenLimburg
    11.4×
Low risk1–3
Moderate risk4–6
High risk7–10
Very high risk10+

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