SmogRank / Munich / Neuwied

Munich vs Neuwied: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Neuwied's air was 16% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 11.6 µg/m³ against 10.0, on the 300 days both cities were measured. Neuwied had the dirtier air on 181 of those days, Munich on 115. Neuwied was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 70 of them, Munich on 40.

Right now

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

The last year, day by day

Munich
Neuwied
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/m³Neuwied, Nov 2025: 12.9 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.1 µg/m³Neuwied, Dec: 15.2 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 17.9 µg/m³Neuwied, Jan 2026: 23.6 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Neuwied, Feb: 12.2 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 14.0 µg/m³Neuwied, Mar: 15.1 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³Neuwied, Apr: 9.0 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.6 µg/m³Neuwied, May: 7.5 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 8.4 µg/m³Neuwied, Jun: 9.5 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Neuwied, Jul: 11.3 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Neuwied, Aug: 8.3 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.5 µg/m³Neuwied, Sep: 6.6 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Neuwied. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichNeuwiedDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far535522898
20255355299125
20245249255144
2023515117697

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

Neuwied

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.

Neuwied

Side by side with Koblenz, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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