SmogRank / Münstertal/Schwarzwald / Munich

Münstertal/Schwarzwald vs Munich: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was about 1.7× as polluted as Münstertal/Schwarzwald's: PM2.5 averaged 10.0 µg/m³ against 5.8, on the 253 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 219 of those days, Münstertal/Schwarzwald on 33. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 33 of them, Münstertal/Schwarzwald on 14.

Right now

Münstertal/Schwarzwald–not on the 24-hour board right now
Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now

The last year, day by day

Münstertal/Schwarzwald
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

15Nov 2025Münstertal/Schwarzwald, Dec: 3.7 µg/m³Munich, Dec: 10.7 µg/m³DecMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Jan 2026: 2.8 µg/m³Munich, Jan 2026: 19.9 µg/m³Jan 2026Münstertal/Schwarzwald, Feb: 2.7 µg/m³Munich, Feb: 10.1 µg/m³FebMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Mar: 10.3 µg/m³Munich, Mar: 13.0 µg/m³MarMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Apr: 5.0 µg/m³Munich, Apr: 9.2 µg/m³AprMünstertal/Schwarzwald, May: 5.3 µg/m³Munich, May: 7.5 µg/m³MayMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Jun: 8.1 µg/m³Munich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³JunMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Jul: 7.2 µg/m³Munich, Jul: 8.5 µg/m³JulMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Aug: 7.0 µg/m³Munich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugMünstertal/Schwarzwald, Sep: 4.2 µg/m³Munich, Sep: 8.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Münstertal/Schwarzwald. Faded: Munich. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMünstertal/SchwarzwaldMunichDays both measuredDays Münstertal/Schwarzwald was worse
2026 so far345321229
2025295522718
202421522339
2023254618213

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

Münstertal/Schwarzwald

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

Münstertal/Schwarzwald

Side by side with Freiburg, Gujranwala.

Munich

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

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Münstertal/Schwarzwald and Munich, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-muenstertal-schwarzwald/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.