SmogRank / Karlsruhe / Munich

Karlsruhe vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Karlsruhe and Munich had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 10.6 and 10.2 µg/m³, on the 326 days both cities were measured. Karlsruhe had the dirtier air on 161 of those days, Munich on 158. Karlsruhe was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 68 of them, Munich on 47.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Karlsruhe
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

15Karlsruhe, Nov 2025: 12.5 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.5 µg/m³Nov 2025Karlsruhe, Dec: 14.0 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecKarlsruhe, Jan 2026: 19.7 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Karlsruhe, Feb: 11.3 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebKarlsruhe, Mar: 14.5 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarKarlsruhe, Apr: 7.7 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprKarlsruhe, May: 6.9 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayKarlsruhe, Jun: 8.7 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 8.6 µg/m³JunKarlsruhe, Jul: 8.6 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulKarlsruhe, Aug: 8.5 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugKarlsruhe, Sep: 6.5 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Karlsruhe. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearKarlsruheMunichDays both measuredDays Karlsruhe was worse
2026 so far5354249107
20255453310149
2024495225791
2023464824094

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

Karlsruhe

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

Karlsruhe

Side by side with Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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