Munich vs Speyer: PM2.5 compared
Over the last year, Speyer's air was 22% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 12.7 µg/m³ against 10.4, on the 297 days both cities were measured. Speyer had the dirtier air on 205 of those days, Munich on 90. Speyer was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 91 of them, Munich on 45.
Right now
The last year, day by day
Month by month
Year by year
| Year | Munich | Speyer | Days Munich was worse |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 54 | 57 | 81 |
| 2025 | 53 | 58 | 95 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 134 |
| 2023 | 49 | 52 | 103 |
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
- 1 Jan 2026154
- 24 Jan 2026132
- 22 Jan 2026121
Speyer
- 25 Jan 2026154
- 23 Jan 2026154
- 24 Jan 2026152
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.
Speyer
Side by side with Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Gujranwala.
Use this page
SmogRank, PM2.5 daily means compared, Munich and Speyer, 8 Oct 2025 – 5 Oct 2026, smogrank.com/compare/de-munich/de-speyer (accessed 6 Oct 2026).
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The same rules as every SmogRank figure: reference monitors first, and a day counts with 18 measured hours. How we measure.
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.