SmogRank / Munich / Oranienburg

Munich vs Oranienburg: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Oranienburg's air was 16% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 11.7 µg/m³ against 10.1, on the 320 days both cities were measured. Oranienburg had the dirtier air on 165 of those days, Munich on 154. Oranienburg was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 71 of them, Munich on 47.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Oranienburg#456on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 53 US AQI (10.4 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Oranienburg
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/m³Oranienburg, Nov 2025: 12.4 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.1 µg/m³Oranienburg, Dec: 12.8 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 17.3 µg/m³Oranienburg, Jan 2026: 24.8 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Oranienburg, Feb: 21.3 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³Oranienburg, Mar: 15.9 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³Oranienburg, Apr: 9.2 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.8 µg/m³Oranienburg, May: 7.6 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³Oranienburg, Jun: 7.5 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Oranienburg, Jul: 6.6 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Oranienburg, Aug: 6.9 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³Oranienburg, Sep: 6.5 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Oranienburg. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichOranienburgDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5356247124
20255354310168

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

Oranienburg

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.

Oranienburg

Side by side with Bernau bei Berlin, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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