SmogRank / Lindau / Mahlow

Lindau vs Mahlow: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mahlow's PM2.5 was 44% higher than Lindau's: it averaged 14.4 µg/m³ against 10.0, on the 336 days both cities were measured. Mahlow had the dirtier air on 264 of those days, Lindau on 71. Mahlow was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 108 of them, Lindau on 52.

Right now

Lindau–no readings since 11 Oct
Mahlow–no readings since 11 Oct

The last year, day by day

Lindau
Mahlow
Each city's daily mean from 14 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2026, one stripe a day, coloured by band. A blank stripe is a day without a daily mean.

Month by month

Lindau, Nov 2025: 8.8 µg/m³Mahlow, Nov 2025: 14.1 µg/m³Nov2025Lindau, Dec 2025: 10.8 µg/m³Mahlow, Dec 2025: 15.1 µg/m³DecLindau, Jan 2026: 15.4 µg/m³Mahlow, Jan 2026: 25.2 µg/m³Jan2026Lindau, Feb 2026: 10.9 µg/m³Mahlow, Feb 2026: 23.8 µg/m³FebLindau, Mar 2026: 14.0 µg/m³Mahlow, Mar 2026: 19.2 µg/m³MarLindau, Apr 2026: 8.0 µg/m³Mahlow, Apr 2026: 13.1 µg/m³AprLindau, May 2026: 9.0 µg/m³Mahlow, May 2026: 11.0 µg/m³MayLindau, Jun 2026: 8.9 µg/m³Mahlow, Jun 2026: 9.4 µg/m³JunLindau, Jul 2026: 9.0 µg/m³Mahlow, Jul 2026: 10.1 µg/m³JulLindau, Aug 2026: 9.6 µg/m³Mahlow, Aug 2026: 9.2 µg/m³AugLindau, Sep 2026: 8.3 µg/m³Mahlow, Sep 2026: 9.4 µg/m³SepLindau, Oct 2026: 7.2 µg/m³Mahlow, Oct 2026: 14.0 µg/m³Oct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Lindau. Faded: Mahlow. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline, 15 µg/m³.

Year by year

YearLindauMahlowDays both measuredDays Lindau was worse
2026 so far10.414.826056
20258.312.535177
20248.813.425951
20238.111.326865

Means in µg/m³, as in the chart above, over the days both cities were measured that year; a year shows once they share 30 such days.

Each city's worst days

Lindau

Mahlow

Daily means in US AQI, with µg/m³ beside them, since the index stops at its top value, over the days both cities were measured in the last year. Each date opens that day's world board.

Compare either city with another

Lindau

Side by side with Lustenau (the nearest), Kasur (the world's worst on 30 days).

Mahlow

Side by side with Blankenfelde-Mahlow (the nearest), Berlin (Germany's 2nd worst on 30 days), Kasur (the world's worst on 30 days).

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Lindau and Mahlow, 14 Oct 2025 – 13 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-lindau/de-mahlow (accessed 14 Oct 2026).

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Updated 2026-10-14 09:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.