SmogRank / Bensheim / Munich

Bensheim vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 12% more polluted than Bensheim's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.1, on the 316 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 208 of those days, Bensheim on 103. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 46 of them, Bensheim on 46.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Bensheim
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

15Bensheim, Nov 2025: 11.5 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bensheim, Dec: 12.6 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecBensheim, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Bensheim, Feb: 9.3 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebBensheim, Mar: 12.7 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarBensheim, Apr: 6.0 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprBensheim, May: 5.1 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.4 µg/m³MayBensheim, Jun: 7.6 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunBensheim, Jul: 6.4 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBensheim, Aug: 6.0 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugBensheim, Sep: 5.0 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.2 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bensheim. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBensheimMunichDays both measuredDays Bensheim was worse
2026 so far485423862
20255253318116
20244952264103
20235048240125

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

Bensheim

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

Bensheim

Side by side with Fürth, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bensheim and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-bensheim/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.