SmogRank / Meiningen / Munich

Meiningen vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 34% more polluted than Meiningen's: PM2.5 averaged 10.3 µg/m³ against 7.7, on the 307 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 240 of those days, Meiningen on 64. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 45 of them, Meiningen on 26.

Right now

Meiningen#881on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 37 US AQI (6.6 µg/m³)
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Meiningen
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

15Meiningen, Nov 2025: 9.1 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 10.0 µg/m³Nov 2025Meiningen, Dec: 8.1 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecMeiningen, Jan 2026: 14.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Meiningen, Feb: 8.9 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebMeiningen, Mar: 10.2 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarMeiningen, Apr: 6.2 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³AprMeiningen, May: 4.8 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.4 µg/m³MayMeiningen, Jun: 8.1 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunMeiningen, Jul: 6.2 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulMeiningen, Aug: 5.7 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugMeiningen, Sep: 4.8 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Meiningen. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMeiningenMunichDays both measuredDays Meiningen was worse
2026 so far445423342
2025425331566
2024375226262
2023354824154

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

Meiningen

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

Meiningen

Side by side with Suhl, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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