SmogRank / Lübeck / Munich

Lübeck vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 30% more polluted than Lübeck's: PM2.5 averaged 10.3 µg/m³ against 7.9, on the 304 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 232 of those days, Lübeck on 69. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 44 of them, Lübeck on 32.

Right now

Lübeck#773on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 41 US AQI (7.3 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Lübeck
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

15Lübeck, Nov 2025: 7.0 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Nov 2025Lübeck, Dec: 9.0 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.2 µg/m³DecLübeck, Jan 2026: 15.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Jan 2026Lübeck, Feb: 16.1 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebLübeck, Mar: 11.1 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarLübeck, Apr: 6.0 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprLübeck, May: 4.1 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.5 µg/m³MayLübeck, Jun: 4.7 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.2 µg/m³JunLübeck, Jul: 4.5 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulLübeck, Aug: 3.9 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.5 µg/m³AugLübeck, Sep: 4.5 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.6 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Lübeck. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearLübeckMunichDays both measuredDays Lübeck was worse
2026 so far465423149
2025415430965
2024345224952
2023364932582

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

Lübeck

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

Lübeck

Side by side with Trappenkamp, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Lübeck and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-luebeck/de-munich (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

You're welcome to reuse a single chart, image or figure with this citation and a link. Terms. Raw monitor readings in bulk are published by OpenAQ, under each provider's licence.

The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.

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.