SmogRank / Aalen / Munich

Aalen vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 15% more polluted than Aalen's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 324 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 229 of those days, Aalen on 90. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 48 of them, Aalen on 45.

Right now

Aalen–not on the 24-hour board right now
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Aalen
Munich
Each city's daily mean from 6 Oct 2025 to 5 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

15Aalen, Nov 2025: 9.7 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.5 µg/m³Nov 2025Aalen, Dec: 9.7 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecAalen, Jan 2026: 15.6 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Aalen, Feb: 8.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebAalen, Mar: 12.9 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarAalen, Apr: 7.9 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprAalen, May: 5.5 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayAalen, Jun: 9.0 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunAalen, Jul: 7.8 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulAalen, Aug: 7.2 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugAalen, Sep: 6.0 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Aalen. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearAalenMunichDays both measuredDays Aalen was worse
2026 so far515424959
2025505330894
2024455225564
2023424824071

Means in US AQI over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Aalen

Munich

Daily means in US AQI, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Aalen

Side by side with Oettingen in Bayern, Gujranwala.

Munich

Side by side with Herrsching am Ammersee, Augsburg, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Aalen and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-aalen/de-munich (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

Updated 2026-10-06 20:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.