SmogRank / Ingolstadt / Munich

Ingolstadt vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Ingolstadt and Munich had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 10.5 and 10.2 µg/m³, on the 321 days both cities were measured. Ingolstadt had the dirtier air on 138 of those days, Munich on 172. Ingolstadt was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 56 of them, Munich on 45.

Right now

Ingolstadt#373on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 56 US AQI (11.9 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Ingolstadt
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

15Ingolstadt, Nov 2025: 14.7 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.4 µg/m³Nov 2025Ingolstadt, Dec: 11.4 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecIngolstadt, Jan 2026: 20.0 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Ingolstadt, Feb: 10.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebIngolstadt, Mar: 13.0 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.1 µg/m³MarIngolstadt, Apr: 9.4 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprIngolstadt, May: 7.3 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.6 µg/m³MayIngolstadt, Jun: 8.6 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunIngolstadt, Jul: 7.4 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.6 µg/m³JulIngolstadt, Aug: 7.6 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 9.3 µg/m³AugIngolstadt, Sep: 7.0 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Ingolstadt. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearIngolstadtMunichDays both measuredDays Ingolstadt was worse
2026 so far535424485
20255654311186
20245451233137
202359535644

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

Ingolstadt

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

Ingolstadt

Side by side with Neustadt an der Donau, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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