SmogRank / Munich / Unna

Munich vs Unna: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Unna's air was 18% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 12.2 µg/m³ against 10.3, on the 305 days both cities were measured. Unna had the dirtier air on 213 of those days, Munich on 92. Unna was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 64 of them, Munich on 45.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Unna#403on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 55 US AQI (11.2 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Unna
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/m³Unna, Nov 2025: 11.3 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 11.0 µg/m³Unna, Dec: 12.2 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Unna, Jan 2026: 19.4 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Unna, Feb: 12.9 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³Unna, Mar: 15.8 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Unna, Apr: 11.2 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.4 µg/m³Unna, May: 9.7 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³Unna, Jun: 13.1 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Unna, Jul: 12.4 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 9.1 µg/m³Unna, Aug: 11.0 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.7 µg/m³Unna, Sep: 8.7 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Unna. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichUnnaDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far545822958
20255355314127
20245253262106
2023495219476

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

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.

Unna

Side by side with Schwerte, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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