SmogRank / Munich / Trier

Munich vs Trier: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 7% more polluted than Trier's: PM2.5 averaged 10.1 µg/m³ against 9.4, on the 316 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 183 of those days, Trier on 128. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 45 of them, Trier on 44.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Trier#671on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 45 US AQI (8.1 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Trier
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/m³Trier, Nov 2025: 10.6 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.1 µg/m³Trier, Dec: 11.6 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Trier, Jan 2026: 15.6 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Trier, Feb: 8.7 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 14.0 µg/m³Trier, Mar: 11.8 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³Trier, Apr: 6.7 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.6 µg/m³Trier, May: 6.5 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 8.5 µg/m³Trier, Jun: 8.0 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Trier, Jul: 9.0 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Trier, Aug: 8.7 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.5 µg/m³Trier, Sep: 7.1 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Trier. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichTrierDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5451240151
20255353313167
20245247263151
2023485324288

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

Trier

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.

Trier

Side by side with Grevenmacher, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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