SmogRank / Bützow / Munich

Bützow vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 5% more polluted than Bützow's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.7, on the 317 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 187 of those days, Bützow on 127. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 46 of them, Bützow on 48.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Bützow
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

15Bützow, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Bützow, Dec: 11.1 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecBützow, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Bützow, Feb: 17.3 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebBützow, Mar: 12.3 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarBützow, Apr: 8.4 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprBützow, May: 5.9 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.6 µg/m³MayBützow, Jun: 7.1 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³JunBützow, Jul: 6.8 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulBützow, Aug: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.9 µg/m³AugBützow, Sep: 6.0 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Bützow. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearBützowMunichDays both measuredDays Bützow was worse
2026 so far535423888
20254953316112
20244852263115
2023504518093

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

Bützow

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

Bützow

Side by side with Güstrow, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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