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Lübeck air quality today: Dangerous fine dust or clear visibility?
Lübeck will evaluate the air quality on October 13, 2025: focus on fine dust, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Current limits and recommendations.
Lübeck air quality today: Dangerous fine dust or clear visibility?
Today, October 13, 2025, the air quality in Lübeck shows a mixed light. The measuring station on Moislinger-Allee provides interesting data about fine dust pollution, which continues to play a major role in the health of the population. According to current surveys, the limit value for fine dust particles (PM10) is 50 per cubic meter of air. This value may be exceeded a maximum of 35 times per year without being classified as critical. The decisive air quality factors include not only fine dust, but also nitrogen dioxide and ozone, which are also under constant observation LN Online reported.
But what do the limit values for air quality actually mean? The EU has defined clear categories for better classification. Air quality is considered “very poor” if nitrogen dioxide is above 200 μg/m³, fine dust is above 100 μg/m³ or ozone is above 240 μg/m³. At values between 101-200 μg/m³ for nitrogen dioxide and 51-100 μg/m³ for fine dust, we consider the air to be “bad”. In contrast, at a level of 35 to 50 μg/m³ for fine dust, the verdict is “moderate” and from 0 to 35 μg/m³ the air is declared “good” or even “very good”, which creates optimal conditions for outdoor activities.
Prevent poor air quality
Given that there are around 240,000 premature deaths due to fine dust in the EU every year, it is clear: good air quality is a priority. Sensitive people should take a break instead of exerting themselves if the air outside is “bad”, while health concerns do not immediately arise with “moderate” exposure. These assessments are important and are also supported by Federal Environment Agency shared, which points to the importance of strict air quality control.
Another aspect to keep an eye on: the New Year's Eve fireworks. Although it creates a festive atmosphere, it also causes a huge increase in particulate matter pollution. Fireworks release around 2,050 tons of fine dust every year, an impressive 1,500 tons of which occur on New Year's Eve.
New challenges for air quality
A revision of the Air Quality Directive is imminent at European level. This new legislation is intended to introduce stricter limits based on the WHO guidelines from 2021. This is a step in the right direction to further improve air quality. How Eur-Lex reports, the new guidelines are already being discussed with the aim of introducing stricter limits for fine dust and nitrogen dioxide by 2030. These measures are necessary because many citizens across Europe breathe air with pollutants that exceed WHO levels.
To overcome these challenges, political consensus is crucial. The legal framework must be clearly defined by 2030 in order to protect the health of citizens and make a pollutant-free environment achievable by 2050. In Germany, additional air quality measures are also required in order to comply with the new limit values as quickly as possible.
Overall, the challenge remains to combat air pollution as effectively as possible in order to sustainably secure our living space. The first step to this is a conscious approach to air quality and the implementation of preventative measures by everyone involved.