SmogRank / Elsenfeld / Munich

Elsenfeld vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 16% more polluted than Elsenfeld's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 8.8, on the 327 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 225 of those days, Elsenfeld on 98. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 47 of them, Elsenfeld on 36.

Right now

Elsenfeld#1,029on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 31 US AQI (5.6 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Elsenfeld
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

15Elsenfeld, Nov 2025: 11.0 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Elsenfeld, Dec: 10.9 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecElsenfeld, Jan 2026: 16.3 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Elsenfeld, Feb: 8.2 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebElsenfeld, Mar: 10.9 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarElsenfeld, Apr: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprElsenfeld, May: 6.6 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayElsenfeld, Jun: 7.6 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 8.6 µg/m³JunElsenfeld, Jul: 7.4 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulElsenfeld, Aug: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 9.1 µg/m³AugElsenfeld, Sep: 5.6 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Elsenfeld. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearElsenfeldMunichDays both measuredDays Elsenfeld was worse
2026 so far475424959
20255253319141
20245252250136
20235047274144

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

Elsenfeld

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

Elsenfeld

Side by side with Aschaffenburg, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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