SmogRank / Bad Kreuznach / Munich

Bad Kreuznach vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Bad Kreuznach's air was 12% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 11.4 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 264 days both cities were measured. Bad Kreuznach had the dirtier air on 137 of those days, Munich on 125. Bad Kreuznach was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 62 of them, Munich on 42.

Right now

Bad Kreuznach#609on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 48 US AQI (8.6 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Bad Kreuznach
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

15Bad Kreuznach, Nov 2025: 14.3 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bad Kreuznach, Dec: 15.1 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecBad Kreuznach, Jan 2026: 24.9 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Bad Kreuznach, Feb: 13.9 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 11.0 µg/m³FebBad Kreuznach, Mar: 13.6 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.9 µg/m³MarBad Kreuznach, Apr: 5.9 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 9.0 µg/m³AprBad Kreuznach, May: 4.7 µg/m³Munich, May: 6.1 µg/m³MayBad Kreuznach, Jun: 6.3 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 7.2 µg/m³JunBad Kreuznach, Jul: 9.2 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBad Kreuznach, Aug: 8.6 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugBad Kreuznach, Sep: 5.9 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bad Kreuznach. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBad KreuznachMunichDays both measuredDays Bad Kreuznach was worse
2026 so far545419280
20255653295177
2024485222988
2023504918894

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

Bad Kreuznach

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

Bad Kreuznach

Side by side with Mainz, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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

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Updated 2026-10-06 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.