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Air Quality in Germany

116

Cities tracked

8.8

Avg PM2.5 (µg/m³)

2030 compliant

107

Not yet compliant

City Air Quality Rankings

#	City	Country	PM2.5	PM10	NO₂	AQI	2030 Status
1	Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	5.5	9.2	8.5	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
2	Kiel	Germany	5.7	14.3	21.0	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
3	Konstanz	Germany	6.3	9.9	13.6	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
4	Freiburg im Breisgau	Germany	6.3	10.7	11.7	6	✗NOT ON TRACK
5	Pforzheim	Germany	6.7	11.4	26.5	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
6	Flensburg	Germany	6.7	13.9	20.8	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
7	Kempten (Allgäu)	Germany	6.7	-	13.7	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
8	Friedrichshafen	Germany	6.9	11.0	14.5	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
9	Lübeck	Germany	6.9	12.1	17.9	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
10	Heidelberg	Germany	7.0	11.0	12.9	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
11	Karlsruhe	Germany	7.2	12.0	18.0	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
12	Aschaffenburg	Germany	7.2	-	17.0	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
13	Aachen	Germany	7.3	14.1	22.1	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
14	Ludwigsburg	Germany	7.3	12.7	25.9	7	✗NOT ON TRACK
15	Würzburg	Germany	7.5	13.4	18.9	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
16	Reutlingen	Germany	7.6	13.0	14.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
17	Tübingen	Germany	7.6	14.9	24.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
18	München	Germany	7.6	13.6	21.6	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
19	Augsburg	Germany	7.7	14.5	18.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
20	Lüneburg	Germany	7.7	12.4	9.0	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
21	Wilhelmshaven	Germany	7.8	11.5	7.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
22	Göttingen	Germany	7.8	14.7	14.8	8	✓COMPLIANT
23	Bamberg	Germany	7.8	13.6	14.4	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
24	Ulm	Germany	7.9	12.9	15.2	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
25	Salzgitter	Germany	7.9	13.0	9.9	8	✓COMPLIANT
26	Plauen	Germany	7.9	13.2	14.3	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
27	Neu-Ulm	Germany	7.9	16.0	18.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
28	Heilbronn	Germany	8.0	14.5	29.8	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
29	Kaiserslautern	Germany	8.1	13.2	12.3	8	✓COMPLIANT
30	Darmstadt	Germany	8.1	12.9	23.6	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
31	Wetzlar	Germany	8.1	13.9	17.1	8	✓COMPLIANT
32	Bonn	Germany	8.2	12.0	21.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
33	Wuppertal	Germany	8.2	13.9	24.2	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
34	Leverkusen	Germany	8.2	12.2	22.6	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
35	Wolfsburg	Germany	8.2	13.8	14.9	8	✓COMPLIANT
36	Fulda	Germany	8.2	13.5	19.1	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
37	Marburg	Germany	8.2	13.3	21.8	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
38	Stuttgart	Germany	8.3	14.5	18.3	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
39	Wiesbaden	Germany	8.3	13.7	21.5	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
40	Braunschweig	Germany	8.3	13.8	13.9	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
41	Trier	Germany	8.3	12.0	20.6	8	↗ON TRACK
42	Osnabrück	Germany	8.3	15.0	27.3	8	↗ON TRACK
43	Hanau	Germany	8.3	13.1	16.3	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
44	Nürnberg	Germany	8.4	17.2	22.7	8	✗NOT ON TRACK
45	Chemnitz	Germany	8.5	13.4	14.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
46	Hildesheim	Germany	8.5	15.0	25.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
47	Gera	Germany	8.5	14.8	20.0	9	✓COMPLIANT
48	Weimar	Germany	8.5	14.0	15.6	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
49	Leipzig	Germany	8.6	14.4	20.1	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
50	Mannheim	Germany	8.7	-	29.2	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
51	Stralsund	Germany	8.7	14.3	11.2	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
52	Mönchengladbach	Germany	8.7	12.6	19.9	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
53	Bremen	Germany	8.8	-	15.6	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
54	Mainz	Germany	8.8	14.7	24.0	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
55	Bielefeld	Germany	8.9	13.0	18.6	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
56	Erfurt	Germany	8.9	14.6	19.6	9	✓COMPLIANT
57	Gießen	Germany	8.9	15.0	22.1	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
58	Kassel	Germany	9.0	14.8	19.5	9	✓COMPLIANT
59	Potsdam	Germany	9.1	15.8	9.5	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
60	Koblenz	Germany	9.1	14.0	20.1	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
61	Mülheim a.d.Ruhr	Germany	9.1	12.5	23.2	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
62	Magdeburg	Germany	9.2	15.3	10.5	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
63	Bremerhaven	Germany	9.2	15.1	15.9	9	✓COMPLIANT
64	Schwerin	Germany	9.2	14.7	15.4	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
65	Neubrandenburg	Germany	9.2	13.8	17.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
66	Brandenburg an der Havel	Germany	9.3	15.8	13.8	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
67	Jena	Germany	9.4	14.8	15.5	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
68	Offenbach am Main	Germany	9.4	16.8	27.1	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
69	Münster	Germany	9.4	13.7	23.4	9	✗NOT ON TRACK
70	Essen	Germany	9.5	11.5	25.1	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
71	Rostock	Germany	9.5	16.2	17.7	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
72	Ingolstadt	Germany	9.5	16.9	20.1	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
73	Görlitz	Germany	9.5	15.6	17.3	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
74	Köln	Germany	9.5	14.6	27.4	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
75	Hamburg	Germany	9.6	-	24.3	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
76	Duisburg	Germany	9.6	15.5	23.7	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
77	Dresden	Germany	9.7	14.7	15.1	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
78	Speyer	Germany	9.7	13.1	17.5	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
79	Dortmund	Germany	9.8	-	28.6	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
80	Zwickau	Germany	9.8	14.6	15.1	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
81	Oldenburg (Oldenburg)	Germany	9.8	16.5	28.0	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
82	Dessau-Roßlau	Germany	9.8	14.7	9.2	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
83	Oberhausen	Germany	9.9	14.8	29.7	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
84	Hagen	Germany	10.0	14.8	27.4	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
85	Bottrop	Germany	10.1	15.1	18.0	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
86	Cottbus	Germany	10.1	16.6	16.5	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
87	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	10.2	15.9	23.2	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
88	Passau	Germany	10.2	16.9	23.3	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
89	Krefeld	Germany	10.3	15.3	21.5	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
90	Frankfurt (Oder)	Germany	10.4	15.9	17.9	10	✗NOT ON TRACK
91	Berlin	Germany	11.4	19.8	28.2	11	✗NOT ON TRACK
92	Düsseldorf	Germany	11.5	17.8	29.4	12	✗NOT ON TRACK
93	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Germany	11.7	19.0	20.7	12	✗NOT ON TRACK
94	Halle an der Saale	Germany	30.3	17.9	18.9	30	✗NOT ON TRACK
95	Hannover	Germany	-	15.9	21.8		✗NOT ON TRACK
96	Bochum	Germany	-	-	25.1		✗NOT ON TRACK
97	Herne	Germany	-	-	27.8		✗NOT ON TRACK
98	Solingen	Germany	-	11.6	13.0		✗NOT ON TRACK
99	Remscheid	Germany	-	-	26.7		✗NOT ON TRACK
100	Regensburg	Germany	-	12.7	24.1		✗NOT ON TRACK
101	Hamm	Germany	-	-	31.5		✗NOT ON TRACK
102	Siegen	Germany	-	-	32.8		✗NOT ON TRACK
103	Recklinghausen	Germany	-	-	26.7		✗NOT ON TRACK
104	Neuss	Germany	-	-	27.5		✗NOT ON TRACK
105	Fürth	Germany	-	13.2	-		✗NOT ON TRACK
106	Paderborn	Germany	-	-	25.7		✗NOT ON TRACK
107	Erlangen	Germany	-	-	9.9		✗NOT ON TRACK
108	Witten	Germany	-	15.2	-		✗NOT ON TRACK
109	Bayreuth	Germany	-	13.3	17.9		✗NOT ON TRACK
110	Landshut	Germany	-	13.8	17.1		✗NOT ON TRACK
111	Schweinfurt	Germany	-	11.5	14.4		✗NOT ON TRACK
112	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	-	16.4	28.6		✗NOT ON TRACK
113	Frankenthal (Pfalz)	Germany	-	-	19.5		✗NOT ON TRACK
114	Düren, Stadt	Germany	-	-	24.4		✗NOT ON TRACK
115	Saarbrücken	Germany	-	11.7	15.9		✗NOT ON TRACK
116	Esslingen am Neckar	Germany	-	-	34.4		✗NOT ON TRACK

2030 Compliance Summary

✓COMPLIANT2030

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↗ON TRACK2030

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✗NOT ON TRACK2030

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Air Quality Overview for Germany

Germany has 116 cities in our tracking network, with an average PM2.5 level of 8.8 µg/m³. 9 cities already meet the EU 2030 PM2.5 target of 10 µg/m³.

The most polluted city is Halle an der Saale with a PM2.5 annual mean of 30.3 µg/m³ , which is 6.1x above the WHO guideline.