SmogRank / Gießen / Munich

Gießen vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 7% more polluted than Gießen's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.5, on the 315 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 199 of those days, Gießen on 114. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 46 of them, Gießen on 50.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Gießen
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

15Gießen, Nov 2025: 12.9 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Gießen, Dec: 12.3 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecGießen, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Gießen, Feb: 11.6 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebGießen, Mar: 12.5 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarGießen, Apr: 6.3 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprGießen, May: 5.2 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.4 µg/m³MayGießen, Jun: 7.7 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunGießen, Jul: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulGießen, Aug: 6.3 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugGießen, Sep: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.2 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Gießen. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearGießenMunichDays both measuredDays Gießen was worse
2026 so far515423767
20255353318141
20245052264116
20234748240112

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

Gießen

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

Gießen

Side by side with Wetzlar, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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