SmogRank / Kahla / Munich

Kahla vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 30% more polluted than Kahla's: PM2.5 averaged 10.4 µg/m³ against 8.0, on the 264 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 210 of those days, Kahla on 50. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 44 of them, Kahla on 31.

Right now

Kahla#1,106on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 29 US AQI (5.2 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Kahla
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

15Nov 2025Kahla, Dec: 8.3 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.4 µg/m³DecKahla, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 19.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Kahla, Feb: 11.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 10.2 µg/m³FebKahla, Mar: 10.3 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarKahla, Apr: 6.4 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³AprKahla, May: 4.9 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.2 µg/m³MayKahla, Jun: 8.4 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.5 µg/m³JunKahla, Jul: 6.1 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulKahla, Aug: 6.2 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugKahla, Sep: 4.6 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Kahla. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearKahlaMunichDays both measuredDays Kahla was worse
2026 so far465422843
2025425427256
2024395226357
2023354614133

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

Kahla

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

Kahla

Side by side with Jena, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Kahla and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 3 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-kahla/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.