SmogRank / Frankfurt (Oder) / Munich

Frankfurt (Oder) vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Frankfurt (Oder)'s air was 11% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 11.3 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 328 days both cities were measured. Frankfurt (Oder) had the dirtier air on 164 of those days, Munich on 161. Frankfurt (Oder) was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 63 of them, Munich on 48.

Right now

Frankfurt (Oder)#364on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 56 US AQI (11.9 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Frankfurt (Oder)
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

15Frankfurt (Oder), Nov 2025: 12.2 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Frankfurt (Oder), Dec: 12.9 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecFrankfurt (Oder), Jan 2026: 23.6 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Frankfurt (Oder), Feb: 21.3 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebFrankfurt (Oder), Mar: 13.5 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarFrankfurt (Oder), Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprFrankfurt (Oder), May: 7.0 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayFrankfurt (Oder), Jun: 7.8 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunFrankfurt (Oder), Jul: 6.9 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulFrankfurt (Oder), Aug: 7.1 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugFrankfurt (Oder), Sep: 6.4 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Frankfurt (Oder). Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearFrankfurt (Oder)MunichDays both measuredDays Frankfurt (Oder) was worse
2026 so far5554251120
20255353316132
20245352256122
20235348240142

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

Frankfurt (Oder)

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

Frankfurt (Oder)

Side by side with Eisenhüttenstadt, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Frankfurt (Oder) and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-frankfurt-oder/de-munich (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-06 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.