SmogRank / Bamberg / Munich

Bamberg vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 13% more polluted than Bamberg's: PM2.5 averaged 10.1 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 331 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 232 of those days, Bamberg on 95. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 47 of them, Bamberg on 39.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Bamberg
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

15Bamberg, Nov 2025: 11.6 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bamberg, Dec: 9.8 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecBamberg, Jan 2026: 17.1 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Bamberg, Feb: 8.7 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebBamberg, Mar: 11.9 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarBamberg, Apr: 7.1 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprBamberg, May: 6.9 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayBamberg, Jun: 7.8 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 8.6 µg/m³JunBamberg, Jul: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBamberg, Aug: 7.3 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.9 µg/m³AugBamberg, Sep: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bamberg. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBambergMunichDays both measuredDays Bamberg was worse
2026 so far495425261
20255353319131
20245152263122
20234749329135

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

Bamberg

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

Bamberg

Side by side with Nuremberg, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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

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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.