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Cities (26)

Country Rank	World Rank	City	Days with low traffic	Congestion month by month	Congestion level 2020 \| Change from 2019
1		Berlin	20 days		30% 2%p 6% less traffic than in 2019
2		Hamburg	32 days		29% 5%p 15% less traffic than in 2019
3		Wiesbaden	36 days		26% 6%p 19% less traffic than in 2019
4		Nuremberg	36 days		25% 5%p 17% less traffic than in 2019
5		Stuttgart	38 days		25% 5%p 17% less traffic than in 2019
6		Kassel	36 days		24% 4%p 14% less traffic than in 2019
7		Munich	44 days		24% 6%p 20% less traffic than in 2019
8		Dresden	33 days		23% 2%p 8% less traffic than in 2019
9		Kiel	16 days		23% 3%p 12% less traffic than in 2019
10		Leipzig	12 days		23% 1%p 4% less traffic than in 2019
11		Bonn	61 days		21% 8%p 28% less traffic than in 2019
12		Cologne	51 days		21% 5%p 19% less traffic than in 2019
13		Frankfurt am Main	56 days		20% 7%p 26% less traffic than in 2019
14		Freiburg	44 days		20% 3%p 13% less traffic than in 2019
15		Ruhr region west	33 days		20% 3%p 13% less traffic than in 2019
16		Bremen	93 days		19% 8%p 30% less traffic than in 2019
17		Augsburg	30 days		19% 3%p 14% less traffic than in 2019
18		Munster	22 days		19% 2%p 10% less traffic than in 2019
19		Hannover	24 days		19% 2%p 10% less traffic than in 2019
20		Dusseldorf	47 days		19% 5%p 21% less traffic than in 2019
21		Karlsruhe	77 days		19% 3%p 14% less traffic than in 2019
22		Mannheim	38 days		18% 3%p 14% less traffic than in 2019
23		Ruhr region east	30 days		18% 3%p 14% less traffic than in 2019
24		Monchengladbach	28 days		18% 4%p 18% less traffic than in 2019
25		Bielefeld	20 days		17% 1%p 6% less traffic than in 2019
26		Wuppertal	27 days		16% 1%p 6% less traffic than in 2019

Average days with low traffic

Where congestion levels were at least 50% lower than the corresponding day in 2019.

Day with the highest traffic congestion

Day with the highest traffic congestion

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Tuesday

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Changes in congestion level month by month

See how the congestion level has changed month by month in comparison to the same month in 2019. Results show number of cities.

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Weekly congestion

Compare weekly congestion levels in corresponding weeks of 2019 and 2020.

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Working days travel patterns

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