SmogRank / Munich / Saarbrücken

Munich vs Saarbrücken: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 13% more polluted than Saarbrücken's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 9.0, on the 286 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 184 of those days, Saarbrücken on 101. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 42 of them, Saarbrücken on 36.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Saarbrücken#830on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 39 US AQI (7.0 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Saarbrücken
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/m³Saarbrücken, Nov 2025: 10.0 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Dec: 10.5 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Jan 2026: 15.1 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Feb: 9.0 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 15.0 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Mar: 12.7 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Apr: 6.0 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.4 µg/m³Saarbrücken, May: 6.4 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 8.4 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Jun: 7.1 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Jul: 7.3 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Saarbrücken, Aug: 9.1 µg/m³AugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Saarbrücken. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichSaarbrückenDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5451208141
20255351317207
20245244262165
20234948228119

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

Saarbrücken

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.

Saarbrücken

Side by side with Forbach, Gujranwala.

Use this page

SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Munich and Saarbrücken, 8 Oct 2025 – 10 Sep 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-munich/de-saarbruecken (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.