SmogRank / Malchow / Munich

Malchow vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Malchow and Munich had about the same air: PM2.5 averaged 10.0 and 10.4 µg/m³, on the 308 days both cities were measured. Malchow had the dirtier air on 123 of those days, Munich on 185. Malchow was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 51 of them, Munich on 46.

Right now

Malchow#296on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 59 US AQI (13.6 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Malchow
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

15Malchow, Nov 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Malchow, Dec: 10.6 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecMalchow, Jan 2026: 20.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.7 µg/m³Jan 2026Malchow, Feb: 19.2 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebMalchow, Mar: 13.5 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarMalchow, Apr: 9.1 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprMalchow, May: 6.3 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayMalchow, Jun: 6.8 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³JunMalchow, Jul: 5.9 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulMalchow, Aug: 5.1 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugMalchow, Sep: 5.1 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Malchow. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMalchowMunichDays both measuredDays Malchow was worse
2026 so far535423795
2025485429993
20245252262105
2023404518064

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

Malchow

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

Malchow

Side by side with Güstrow, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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