SmogRank / Bernau bei Berlin / Munich

Bernau bei Berlin vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Bernau bei Berlin and Munich had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 10.6 and 10.2 µg/m³, on the 329 days both cities were measured. Bernau bei Berlin had the dirtier air on 148 of those days, Munich on 177. Bernau bei Berlin was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 58 of them, Munich on 48.

Right now

Bernau bei Berlin–not on the 24-hour board right now
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Bernau bei Berlin
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

15Bernau bei Berlin, Nov 2025: 12.0 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bernau bei Berlin, Dec: 12.1 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecBernau bei Berlin, Jan 2026: 20.7 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Bernau bei Berlin, Feb: 19.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebBernau bei Berlin, Mar: 13.7 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarBernau bei Berlin, Apr: 9.0 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprBernau bei Berlin, May: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayBernau bei Berlin, Jun: 6.6 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunBernau bei Berlin, Jul: 6.2 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBernau bei Berlin, Aug: 6.3 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugBernau bei Berlin, Sep: 6.2 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bernau bei Berlin. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBernau bei BerlinMunichDays both measuredDays Bernau bei Berlin was worse
2026 so far5454251102
20255353319130
20245352264144
20235249324177

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

Bernau bei Berlin

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

Bernau bei Berlin

Side by side with Berlin, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bernau bei Berlin and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-bernau-bei-berlin/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.