SmogRank / Hanau am Main / Munich

Hanau am Main vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 15% more polluted than Hanau am Main's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 321 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 225 of those days, Hanau am Main on 93. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 48 of them, Hanau am Main on 45.

Right now

Hanau am Main#1,101on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Hanau am Main
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

15Hanau am Main, Nov 2025: 11.6 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Hanau am Main, Dec: 11.4 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecHanau am Main, Jan 2026: 17.9 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Hanau am Main, Feb: 9.6 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebHanau am Main, Mar: 12.1 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarHanau am Main, Apr: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprHanau am Main, May: 5.1 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.7 µg/m³MayHanau am Main, Jun: 8.5 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³JunHanau am Main, Jul: 6.5 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulHanau am Main, Aug: 5.8 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugHanau am Main, Sep: 5.2 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.1 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Hanau am Main. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearHanau am MainMunichDays both measuredDays Hanau am Main was worse
2026 so far485424452
20255153316107
2024475226498
2023444412156

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

Hanau am Main

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

Hanau am Main

Side by side with Frankfurt am Main, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Hanau am Main and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-hanau-am-main/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.