SmogRank / Bernburg / Munich

Bernburg vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Bernburg's air was 26% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 12.9 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 307 days both cities were measured. Bernburg had the dirtier air on 164 of those days, Munich on 141. Bernburg was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 73 of them, Munich on 44.

Right now

Bernburg#810on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 39 US AQI (7.1 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Bernburg
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

15Bernburg, Nov 2025: 12.0 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bernburg, Dec: 15.0 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecBernburg, Jan 2026: 27.3 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Bernburg, Feb: 25.0 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebBernburg, Mar: 18.2 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarBernburg, Apr: 10.3 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³AprBernburg, May: 7.7 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.5 µg/m³MayBernburg, Jun: 9.3 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunBernburg, Jul: 6.6 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBernburg, Aug: 6.4 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugBernburg, Sep: 5.4 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bernburg. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBernburgMunichDays both measuredDays Bernburg was worse
2026 so far5954232117
20255753295155
2024494919884

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

Bernburg

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

Bernburg

Side by side with Osternienburger Land, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Bernburg and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 3 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-bernburg/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.