SmogRank / Munich / Wittenberg

Munich vs Wittenberg: PM2.5 compared

Over the last year, Wittenberg's air was 20% more polluted than Munich's: PM2.5 averaged 12.2 µg/m³ against 10.2, on the 310 days both cities were measured. Wittenberg had the dirtier air on 172 of those days, Munich on 134. Wittenberg was over the WHO's daily guideline of 15 µg/m³ on 69 of them, Munich on 44.

Right now

Munich–not on the 24-hour board right now
Wittenberg#305on the 24-hour board of 1,611, at 59 US AQI (13.4 µg/m³)

The last year, day by day

Munich
Wittenberg
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/m³Wittenberg, Nov 2025: 13.8 µg/m³Nov 2025Munich, Dec: 10.6 µg/m³Wittenberg, Dec: 14.6 µg/m³DecMunich, Jan 2026: 18.2 µg/m³Wittenberg, Jan 2026: 24.7 µg/m³Jan 2026Munich, Feb: 9.9 µg/m³Wittenberg, Feb: 22.8 µg/m³FebMunich, Mar: 13.8 µg/m³Wittenberg, Mar: 15.3 µg/m³MarMunich, Apr: 8.8 µg/m³Wittenberg, Apr: 8.7 µg/m³AprMunich, May: 7.5 µg/m³Wittenberg, May: 7.3 µg/m³MayMunich, Jun: 9.1 µg/m³Wittenberg, Jun: 8.9 µg/m³JunMunich, Jul: 8.4 µg/m³Wittenberg, Jul: 6.8 µg/m³JulMunich, Aug: 8.8 µg/m³Wittenberg, Aug: 6.8 µg/m³AugMunich, Sep: 8.4 µg/m³Wittenberg, Sep: 6.2 µg/m³SepOct
Monthly means in µg/m³ over the days both cities were measured. Solid: Munich. Faded: Wittenberg. A month shows once both share 10 such days. Dashed line: the WHO daily guideline.

Year by year

YearMunichWittenbergDays both measuredDays Munich was worse
2026 so far5457234112
20255355298148
20245255262109
2023455118480

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.

Wittenberg

Side by side with Dessau, Gujranwala.

Use this page

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