SmogRank / Munich / Völklingen

Munich vs Völklingen: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Munich's air was 15% more polluted than Völklingen's: PM2.5 averaged 10.2 µg/m³ against 8.9, on the 287 days both cities were measured. Munich had the dirtier air on 185 of those days, Völklingen on 95. Munich was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 42 of them, Völklingen on 36.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Völklingen#981on the 24-hour board of 1,616, at 33 US AQI (6.0 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Völklingen
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/m³Völklingen, Nov 2025: 9.5 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 10.8 µg/m³Völklingen, Dec: 10.3 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Völklingen, Jan 2026: 15.8 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Völklingen, Feb: 8.9 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 15.0 µg/m³Völklingen, Mar: 12.2 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Völklingen, Apr: 6.1 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.4 µg/m³Völklingen, May: 6.1 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 8.4 µg/m³Völklingen, Jun: 6.8 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Völklingen, Jul: 6.6 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Völklingen, Aug: 9.4 µg/m³AugSepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Völklingen. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichVölklingenDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5450208145
20255348316215
2024524212685

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

Völklingen

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.

Völklingen

Side by side with Ludweiler-Warndt, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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