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Zahl der Reiseziele mit Wintersmog in diesem Monat. Die Zeitfenster verschieben sich jedes Jahr etwas.

Wintersmog im Januar

  1. Dhaka 🇧🇩 BangladeschDry-season air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Brick kilns fire through the dry months, the construction dust never stops, and the city trades places with Delhi and Lahore at the top of the daily air rankings.93
  2. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.87
  3. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndienPost-Diwali smog · 25. Okt. – 10. Feb. (meist)Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward.86
  4. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.86
  5. Agra 🇮🇳 IndienWinter smog season · 1. Nov. – 31. Jan. (meist)Cold still air over the Doab holds in field smoke, brick kilns and traffic, and the monument can vanish from the far end of its own garden before ten.82
  6. Lahore 🇵🇰 PakistanSmog season · 15. Okt. – 31. Jan. (meist)The province declares a smog season and acts on it: schools shut, offices go part-remote, brick kilns and building sites stop.74
  7. Islamabad 🇵🇰 PakistanWinter haze from the plains · 1. Nov. – 15. Jan. (meist)The Punjab smog does not stop at the motorway.69
  8. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The basin holds its own air all winter under an inversion.67
  9. Teheran 🇮🇷 IranWinter inversion smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold air traps the traffic exhaust against the mountains for days at a time and the government closes schools and offices when it gets bad.64
  10. Tirana 🇦🇱 AlbanienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Old diesel cars in a basin ringed by hills, plus wood heating, and the winter readings climb well past what the city's reputation for mild weather suggests.63
  11. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter haze · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Still, cold weeks trap particulates over the delta and the skyline goes flat grey for days until a front clears it.62
  12. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.62
  13. Mailand 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The valley sits under the Alps with nowhere for the air to go, so still cold weeks stack particulate up until the region bans the oldest cars.60
  14. Pingyao 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaHeating-season smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November.59
  15. Plowdiw 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Wood and coal stoves in the surrounding villages, plus an inversion that traps everything over the Thracian plain, give Plovdiv some of the worst winter particulate readings in the EU.58
  16. Xi’an 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The Guanzhong basin traps its air under the Qinling mountains all winter, and Xi'an posts some of the worst readings in the country.57
  17. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaWinter heating smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Solid-fuel heating plus a valley inversion parks the smoke over the city on still winter days, and January is reliably the worst of it.56
  18. Skopje 🇲🇰 NordmazedonienWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Household heating and traffic under a valley inversion make this one of the worst-affected capitals in Europe, and schools have been closed over it.55
  19. Ankara 🇹🇷 TürkeiWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city sits in a bowl and cold, still weather traps household heating smoke in it for days at a time.55
  20. Belgrad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings.54
  21. Niš 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter heating smog · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The same basin that traps the summer heat traps coal smoke from December to February, and the readings go from ordinary to genuinely unhealthy.52
  22. Boise 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Cold air pools in the U-shaped valley under a warm lid and the wood smoke and traffic exhaust stay with it, sometimes for weeks.51
  23. Novi Sad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Cold, still days over the Pannonian flat trap household heating smoke and the city regularly logs some of the worst readings in Europe.51
  24. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)The city sits in a basin under Vitosha and the cold air does not move; wood and coal heating in the outer districts then fills it.49
  25. Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DeutschlandValley inversion air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city centre sits in a steep bowl with almost no through wind, which is why it spent years as Germany's worst spot for traffic particulates and still traps its own air on still winter days.49

… und 10 weitere im Januar.

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Wintersmog im Februar

  1. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.90
  2. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndienPost-Diwali smog · 25. Okt. – 10. Feb. (meist)Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward.89
  3. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.88
  4. Dhaka 🇧🇩 BangladeschDry-season air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Brick kilns fire through the dry months, the construction dust never stops, and the city trades places with Delhi and Lahore at the top of the daily air rankings.84
  5. Tirana 🇦🇱 AlbanienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Old diesel cars in a basin ringed by hills, plus wood heating, and the winter readings climb well past what the city's reputation for mild weather suggests.75
  6. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The basin holds its own air all winter under an inversion.73
  7. Teheran 🇮🇷 IranWinter inversion smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold air traps the traffic exhaust against the mountains for days at a time and the government closes schools and offices when it gets bad.70
  8. Plowdiw 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Wood and coal stoves in the surrounding villages, plus an inversion that traps everything over the Thracian plain, give Plovdiv some of the worst winter particulate readings in the EU.68
  9. Xi’an 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The Guanzhong basin traps its air under the Qinling mountains all winter, and Xi'an posts some of the worst readings in the country.68
  10. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.68
  11. Skopje 🇲🇰 NordmazedonienWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Household heating and traffic under a valley inversion make this one of the worst-affected capitals in Europe, and schools have been closed over it.68
  12. Belgrad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings.67
  13. Niš 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter heating smog · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The same basin that traps the summer heat traps coal smoke from December to February, and the readings go from ordinary to genuinely unhealthy.67
  14. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter haze · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Still, cold weeks trap particulates over the delta and the skyline goes flat grey for days until a front clears it.66
  15. Mailand 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The valley sits under the Alps with nowhere for the air to go, so still cold weeks stack particulate up until the region bans the oldest cars.66
  16. Ankara 🇹🇷 TürkeiWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city sits in a bowl and cold, still weather traps household heating smoke in it for days at a time.66
  17. Novi Sad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Cold, still days over the Pannonian flat trap household heating smoke and the city regularly logs some of the worst readings in Europe.65
  18. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaWinter heating smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Solid-fuel heating plus a valley inversion parks the smoke over the city on still winter days, and January is reliably the worst of it.65
  19. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)The city sits in a basin under Vitosha and the cold air does not move; wood and coal heating in the outer districts then fills it.64
  20. Pristina KosovoWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Two lignite power stations sit just outside the city and household heating adds to them, and cold still nights trap the lot in the basin.64
  21. Pingyao 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaHeating-season smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November.64
  22. Sarajevo 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaValley inversion smog · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Cold air settles in the bowl of the valley and holds coal and wood smoke over the city for days at a time; the readings regularly rank among the world's worst.63
  23. Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DeutschlandValley inversion air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city centre sits in a steep bowl with almost no through wind, which is why it spent years as Germany's worst spot for traffic particulates and still traps its own air on still winter days.62
  24. Boise 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Cold air pools in the U-shaped valley under a warm lid and the wood smoke and traffic exhaust stay with it, sometimes for weeks.61
  25. Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog days · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The heating season and a still, cold high can pin a grey lid over the city for days; it is far better than it was a decade ago, but the bad spells still come in runs of three or four days.59

… und 7 weitere im Februar.

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Wintersmog im März

  1. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.80
  2. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.80
  3. Plowdiw 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Wood and coal stoves in the surrounding villages, plus an inversion that traps everything over the Thracian plain, give Plovdiv some of the worst winter particulate readings in the EU.75
  4. Belgrad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings.74
  5. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.74
  6. Pingyao 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaHeating-season smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November.71
  7. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)The city sits in a basin under Vitosha and the cold air does not move; wood and coal heating in the outer districts then fills it.70
  8. Bischkek 🇰🇬 KirgisistanWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 1. März (meist)Coal stoves in the private housing around the city plus an inversion in the bowl put Bishkek near the top of the world air-quality lists on winter mornings.68
  9. Breslau 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Coal and wood stoves still heat a lot of the old tenement stock, and a windless freeze puts the readings into the range that makes national news.67
  10. Krakau 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Coal heating in the valley towns around the city and a cold inversion put the worst air of the year over Krakow between November and March.65
  11. Posen 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 10. Nov. – 5. März (meist)Solid-fuel stoves in the older districts and windless, freezing days push the air into the range Poland is known for.65
  12. Warschau 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Coal and wood heating in the surrounding towns plus a cold, still inversion give the city its worst air between November and March.64
  13. Łódź 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Coal and wood stoves in the old tenement districts, plus still, cold air over a flat city, put the worst readings of the year here between November and March.64
  14. Zakopane 🇵🇱 PolenWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)A resort at the foot of a national park with some of the worst winter air in Poland: coal stoves in the valley and no wind to move it.53

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Wintersmog im Juni

  1. Pretoria 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze in the valley · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air settles between the ridges and holds smoke from veld fires and household coal under it, so the horizon browns out for weeks.88
  2. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze over the Highveld · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air traps smoke from veld fires, coal stoves and the industrial East Rand under an inversion, and the horizon goes brown for weeks.85
  3. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesienDry-season smog · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Traffic, coal plants along the coast and no rain to clear it: Jakarta regularly ranks among the world's most polluted major cities in these months.65

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Wintersmog im Juli

  1. Pretoria 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze in the valley · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air settles between the ridges and holds smoke from veld fires and household coal under it, so the horizon browns out for weeks.88
  2. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze over the Highveld · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air traps smoke from veld fires, coal stoves and the industrial East Rand under an inversion, and the horizon goes brown for weeks.85
  3. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesienDry-season smog · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Traffic, coal plants along the coast and no rain to clear it: Jakarta regularly ranks among the world's most polluted major cities in these months.69

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Wintersmog im August

  1. Pretoria 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze in the valley · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air settles between the ridges and holds smoke from veld fires and household coal under it, so the horizon browns out for weeks.93
  2. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWinter haze over the Highveld · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air traps smoke from veld fires, coal stoves and the industrial East Rand under an inversion, and the horizon goes brown for weeks.91
  3. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesienDry-season smog · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Traffic, coal plants along the coast and no rain to clear it: Jakarta regularly ranks among the world's most polluted major cities in these months.70

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Wintersmog im September

  1. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesienDry-season smog · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Traffic, coal plants along the coast and no rain to clear it: Jakarta regularly ranks among the world's most polluted major cities in these months.68

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Wintersmog im Oktober

  1. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.78
  2. Lahore 🇵🇰 PakistanSmog season · 15. Okt. – 31. Jan. (meist)The province declares a smog season and acts on it: schools shut, offices go part-remote, brick kilns and building sites stop.72
  3. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndienPost-Diwali smog · 25. Okt. – 10. Feb. (meist)Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward.65
  4. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.64
  5. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesienDry-season smog · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Traffic, coal plants along the coast and no rain to clear it: Jakarta regularly ranks among the world's most polluted major cities in these months.61
  6. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.60

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Wintersmog im November

  1. Lahore 🇵🇰 PakistanSmog season · 15. Okt. – 31. Jan. (meist)The province declares a smog season and acts on it: schools shut, offices go part-remote, brick kilns and building sites stop.91
  2. Islamabad 🇵🇰 PakistanWinter haze from the plains · 1. Nov. – 15. Jan. (meist)The Punjab smog does not stop at the motorway.90
  3. Agra 🇮🇳 IndienWinter smog season · 1. Nov. – 31. Jan. (meist)Cold still air over the Doab holds in field smoke, brick kilns and traffic, and the monument can vanish from the far end of its own garden before ten.88
  4. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndienPost-Diwali smog · 25. Okt. – 10. Feb. (meist)Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward.82
  5. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter haze · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Still, cold weeks trap particulates over the delta and the skyline goes flat grey for days until a front clears it.78
  6. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The basin holds its own air all winter under an inversion.78
  7. Teheran 🇮🇷 IranWinter inversion smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold air traps the traffic exhaust against the mountains for days at a time and the government closes schools and offices when it gets bad.78
  8. Pingyao 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaHeating-season smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November.78
  9. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.77
  10. Dhaka 🇧🇩 BangladeschDry-season air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Brick kilns fire through the dry months, the construction dust never stops, and the city trades places with Delhi and Lahore at the top of the daily air rankings.75
  11. Ankara 🇹🇷 TürkeiWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city sits in a bowl and cold, still weather traps household heating smoke in it for days at a time.73
  12. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.72
  13. Xi’an 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The Guanzhong basin traps its air under the Qinling mountains all winter, and Xi'an posts some of the worst readings in the country.71
  14. Plowdiw 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Wood and coal stoves in the surrounding villages, plus an inversion that traps everything over the Thracian plain, give Plovdiv some of the worst winter particulate readings in the EU.70
  15. Tirana 🇦🇱 AlbanienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Old diesel cars in a basin ringed by hills, plus wood heating, and the winter readings climb well past what the city's reputation for mild weather suggests.70
  16. Peking 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog days · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The heating season and a still, cold high can pin a grey lid over the city for days; it is far better than it was a decade ago, but the bad spells still come in runs of three or four days.67
  17. Skopje 🇲🇰 NordmazedonienWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Household heating and traffic under a valley inversion make this one of the worst-affected capitals in Europe, and schools have been closed over it.67
  18. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)The city sits in a basin under Vitosha and the cold air does not move; wood and coal heating in the outer districts then fills it.66
  19. Boise 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 15. Feb. (meist)Cold air pools in the U-shaped valley under a warm lid and the wood smoke and traffic exhaust stay with it, sometimes for weeks.66
  20. Belgrad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings.65
  21. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.65
  22. Novi Sad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Cold, still days over the Pannonian flat trap household heating smoke and the city regularly logs some of the worst readings in Europe.63
  23. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaWinter heating smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Solid-fuel heating plus a valley inversion parks the smoke over the city on still winter days, and January is reliably the worst of it.63
  24. Mailand 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The valley sits under the Alps with nowhere for the air to go, so still cold weeks stack particulate up until the region bans the oldest cars.62
  25. Bischkek 🇰🇬 KirgisistanWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 1. März (meist)Coal stoves in the private housing around the city plus an inversion in the bowl put Bishkek near the top of the world air-quality lists on winter mornings.62

… und 9 weitere im November.

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Wintersmog im Dezember

  1. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndienPost-Diwali smog · 25. Okt. – 10. Feb. (meist)Stubble burning upwind, firecrackers and a cold air trap put the plains under a brown haze from Diwali onward.92
  2. Taichung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaAutumn and winter haze · 15. Okt. – 31. März (meist)Once the summer winds drop, the mountains behind the city stop the air moving and central Taiwan's industry and power stations sit in it.90
  3. Dhaka 🇧🇩 BangladeschDry-season air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Brick kilns fire through the dry months, the construction dust never stops, and the city trades places with Delhi and Lahore at the top of the daily air rankings.87
  4. Agra 🇮🇳 IndienWinter smog season · 1. Nov. – 31. Jan. (meist)Cold still air over the Doab holds in field smoke, brick kilns and traffic, and the monument can vanish from the far end of its own garden before ten.86
  5. Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaWinter air-quality season · 1. Okt. – 31. März (meist)The rain stops, the wind drops and the petrochemical belt on the north side has nowhere to go.84
  6. Lahore 🇵🇰 PakistanSmog season · 15. Okt. – 31. Jan. (meist)The province declares a smog season and acts on it: schools shut, offices go part-remote, brick kilns and building sites stop.83
  7. Islamabad 🇵🇰 PakistanWinter haze from the plains · 1. Nov. – 15. Jan. (meist)The Punjab smog does not stop at the motorway.80
  8. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The basin holds its own air all winter under an inversion.69
  9. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter haze · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Still, cold weeks trap particulates over the delta and the skyline goes flat grey for days until a front clears it.68
  10. Teheran 🇮🇷 IranWinter inversion smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold air traps the traffic exhaust against the mountains for days at a time and the government closes schools and offices when it gets bad.68
  11. Tirana 🇦🇱 AlbanienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Old diesel cars in a basin ringed by hills, plus wood heating, and the winter readings climb well past what the city's reputation for mild weather suggests.67
  12. Pingyao 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaHeating-season smog · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Shanxi is China's coal province and the central heating goes on in the middle of November.66
  13. Xi’an 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaWinter smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.The Guanzhong basin traps its air under the Qinling mountains all winter, and Xi'an posts some of the worst readings in the country.63
  14. Plowdiw 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)Wood and coal stoves in the surrounding villages, plus an inversion that traps everything over the Thracian plain, give Plovdiv some of the worst winter particulate readings in the EU.61
  15. Turin 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 1. Okt. – 31. MärzThe city sits in a bowl with the Alps on three sides, and winter inversions trap particulates for days.60
  16. Ankara 🇹🇷 TürkeiWinter inversion · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city sits in a bowl and cold, still weather traps household heating smoke in it for days at a time.60
  17. Skopje 🇲🇰 NordmazedonienWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Household heating and traffic under a valley inversion make this one of the worst-affected capitals in Europe, and schools have been closed over it.59
  18. Mailand 🇮🇹 ItalienPo valley smog season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The valley sits under the Alps with nowhere for the air to go, so still cold weeks stack particulate up until the region bans the oldest cars.57
  19. Belgrad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 15. März (meist)Household coal and wood, old cars and a windless inversion over the confluence put Belgrade near the top of the world air-quality tables on the worst January mornings.57
  20. Banja Luka 🇧🇦 Bosnien und HerzegowinaWinter heating smog · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Solid-fuel heating plus a valley inversion parks the smoke over the city on still winter days, and January is reliably the worst of it.57
  21. Niš 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter heating smog · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The same basin that traps the summer heat traps coal smoke from December to February, and the readings go from ordinary to genuinely unhealthy.57
  22. Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarienWinter smog · 1. Nov. – 10. März (meist)The city sits in a basin under Vitosha and the cold air does not move; wood and coal heating in the outer districts then fills it.55
  23. Stuttgart 🇩🇪 DeutschlandValley inversion air · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city centre sits in a steep bowl with almost no through wind, which is why it spent years as Germany's worst spot for traffic particulates and still traps its own air on still winter days.53
  24. Novi Sad 🇷🇸 SerbienWinter air pollution · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb.Cold, still days over the Pannonian flat trap household heating smoke and the city regularly logs some of the worst readings in Europe.53
  25. Pristina KosovoWinter air pollution · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb.Two lignite power stations sit just outside the city and household heating adds to them, and cold still nights trap the lot in the basin.52

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