SmogRank / Gelsenkirchen / Munich

Gelsenkirchen vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Gelsenkirchen's air was 6% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 10.9 µg/m³ against 10.3, on the 314 days both cities were measured. Gelsenkirchen had the dirtier air on 188 of those days, Munich on 122. Gelsenkirchen was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 54 of them, Munich on 46.

Right now

Gelsenkirchen#202on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 64 US AQI (16.3 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Gelsenkirchen
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

15Gelsenkirchen, Nov 2025: 10.5 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Gelsenkirchen, Dec: 12.0 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecGelsenkirchen, Jan 2026: 18.0 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Gelsenkirchen, Feb: 11.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebGelsenkirchen, Mar: 14.4 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarGelsenkirchen, Apr: 10.1 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprGelsenkirchen, May: 9.1 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.4 µg/m³MayGelsenkirchen, Jun: 9.9 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³JunGelsenkirchen, Jul: 9.6 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulGelsenkirchen, Aug: 8.2 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.9 µg/m³AugGelsenkirchen, Sep: 8.1 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.7 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Gelsenkirchen. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearGelsenkirchenMunichDays both measuredDays Gelsenkirchen was worse
2026 so far5554237146
20255553317189
20245352264153
20235348239159

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

Gelsenkirchen

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

Gelsenkirchen

Side by side with Essen, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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