SmogRank / Mühlhausen / Munich

Mühlhausen vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Mühlhausen's air was 14% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 11.6 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 314 days both cities were measured. Mühlhausen had the dirtier air on 162 of those days, Munich on 148. Mühlhausen was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 70 of them, Munich on 46.

Right now

Mühlhausen–not on the 24-hour board right now
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Mühlhausen
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

15Mühlhausen, Nov 2025: 14.3 µg/m³Munich, Nov 2025: 9.7 µg/m³Nov 2025Mühlhausen, Dec: 12.5 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³DecMühlhausen, Jan 2026: 24.6 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Mühlhausen, Feb: 18.4 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³FebMühlhausen, Mar: 15.6 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³MarMühlhausen, Apr: 8.6 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprMühlhausen, May: 6.6 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.3 µg/m³MayMühlhausen, Jun: 8.7 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³JunMühlhausen, Jul: 6.5 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³JulMühlhausen, Aug: 6.9 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³AugMühlhausen, Sep: 6.7 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Mühlhausen. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMühlhausenMunichDays both measuredDays Mühlhausen was worse
2026 so far5654239108
20255453316151
20245152264123
20235248242133

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

Mühlhausen

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

Mühlhausen

Side by side with Eisenach, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

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

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Updated 2026-10-06 21:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.