Environment in Leipzig 17 indicators covering environment for Leipzig. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.6 Percentage change 2025 down 55.6% 902nd Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change 2025 down 36.6% 2175th Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.72 Percentage change 2025 down 36.6% 2054th Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.04 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2024 down 33.3% 531st River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 4.07 Percentage of agricultural land area 2022 down 0.9% 1087th Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications 37.1 Patents 2022 down 27.4% 257th Road, rail and navigable inland waterways networks by NUTS 2 region 0 Kilometre 2023 — 103rd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 19.51 Degrees celsius 2024 down 12.2% 912th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 15.09 Degrees celsius 2024 down 2.1% 843rd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -2.99 Degrees celsius 2024 up 24.0% 1068th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 6.76 Degrees celsius 2024 down 4.4% 965th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 2.84 Degrees celsius 2024 up 7.8% 1132nd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 29.71 Degrees celsius 2024 down 14.4% 719th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 43.62 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 301st Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 76.12 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 770th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM10 38.75 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 614th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM2.5 30.08 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 524th