SmogRank / Munich / Rüsselsheim am Main

Munich vs Rüsselsheim am Main: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 7% more polluted than Rüsselsheim am Main's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.5, on the 320 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 206 of those days, Rüsselsheim am Main on 111. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 48 of them, Rüsselsheim am Main on 54.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Rüsselsheim am Main#963on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 34 US AQI (6.1 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Rüsselsheim am Main
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/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Nov 2025: 13.1 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Dec: 12.1 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.3 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Jan 2026: 18.6 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 10.1 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Feb: 10.7 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Mar: 12.9 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Apr: 6.1 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.7 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, May: 6.2 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 9.6 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Jun: 8.3 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Jul: 6.6 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Aug: 5.9 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.1 µg/m³Rüsselsheim am Main, Sep: 4.9 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Rüsselsheim am Main. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichRüsselsheim am MainDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5451243176
20255353314182
20245247264172
20234847240131

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

Rüsselsheim am Main

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.

Rüsselsheim am Main

Side by side with Mainz, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Munich and Rüsselsheim am Main, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-munich/de-ruesselsheim-am-main (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.