SmogRank / Munich / Nauen

Munich vs Nauen: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Nauen's air was 6% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 10.8 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 323 days both cities were measured. Nauen had the dirtier air on 142 of those days, Munich on 177. Nauen was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 61 of them, Munich on 48.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Nauen#532on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 52 US AQI (9.4 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Nauen
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

15Munich, Nov 2025: 9.3 µg/m³Nauen, Nov 2025: 10.0 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³Nauen, Dec: 11.5 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Nauen, Jan 2026: 21.2 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Nauen, Feb: 19.7 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³Nauen, Mar: 13.4 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Nauen, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.8 µg/m³Nauen, May: 7.8 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³Nauen, Jun: 8.2 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Nauen, Jul: 7.4 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³Nauen, Aug: 7.2 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³Nauen, Sep: 6.3 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Nauen. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichNauenDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5455247136
20255352314193
20234849240123

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

Munich

Nauen

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

Munich

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

Nauen

Side by side with Dallgow-Döberitz, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Munich and Nauen, 8 Oct 2025 – 3 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-munich/de-nauen (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.