SmogRank / Lüchow / Munich

Lüchow vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 13% more polluted than Lüchow's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.0, on the 308 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 211 of those days, Lüchow on 93. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 46 of them, Lüchow on 35.

Right now

Lüchow#427on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 54 US AQI (10.8 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Lüchow
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

15Lüchow, Nov 2025: 8.0 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.4 µg/m³Nov 2025Lüchow, Dec: 9.5 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³DecLüchow, Jan 2026: 18.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Lüchow, Feb: 17.9 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebLüchow, Mar: 11.2 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarLüchow, Apr: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.6 µg/m³AprLüchow, May: 5.2 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.7 µg/m³MayLüchow, Jun: 6.9 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunLüchow, Jul: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulLüchow, Aug: 5.4 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugLüchow, Sep: 5.1 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.6 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Lüchow. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearLüchowMunichDays both measuredDays Lüchow was worse
2026 so far525423265
2025455430585
2024395226172
2023334721852

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

Lüchow

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

Lüchow

Side by side with Klötze, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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