Air quality by country
Air quality in Spain today
Updated
Good: average US AQI 36 across 28 cities Worst now: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (53); cleanest: Vigo (25).
Live US AQI, PM2.5 and ozone for cities across Spain, ranked from most polluted to cleanest.
- Average US AQI
- 36 Good
- Most polluted now
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria AQI 53
- Cleanest now
- Vigo AQI 25
- Cities above 100
- 0 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse
Air quality in Spain today
Right now the modelled air quality in Spain averages a US AQI of 36 (Good) across the 28 cities we track. By category: 26 Good, 2 Moderate (of 28).
That is 30 points better than the worldwide average of 66 across 3,556 cities.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has the worst air at 53 with PM2.5 at 10 µg/m³, while Vigo is cleanest at 25. No tracked city is above 100, the level where sensitive groups are advised to cut back outdoors.
Spain cities by AQI (most polluted first)
| City | Region | US AQI | Category | PM2.5 µg/m³ | Ozone µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | Canary Islands | 53 | Moderate | 10.4 | 91 |
| Telde | Canary Islands | 53 | Moderate | 10.4 | 91 |
| Barcelona | Catalonia | 48 | Good | 15.1 | 5 |
| Badalona | Catalonia | 48 | Good | 15.1 | 5 |
| Santa Coloma de Gramenet | Catalonia | 48 | Good | 15.1 | 5 |
| Madrid | Madrid | 40 | Good | 11.8 | 8 |
| Ciudad Lineal | Madrid | 40 | Good | 11.8 | 8 |
| Chamartín | Madrid | 40 | Good | 11.8 | 8 |
| Alcobendas | Madrid | 40 | Good | 11.8 | 8 |
| Sevilla | Andalusia | 37 | Good | 7.7 | 28 |
| Cadiz, Andalusia | Andalusia | 36 | Good | 5.7 | 56 |
| San Fernando, Andalusia | Andalusia | 36 | Good | 5.7 | 56 |
| Ibiza | Balearic Islands | 35 | Good | 5.2 | 66 |
| Palma | Balearic Islands | 34 | Good | 5.1 | 55 |
| Córdoba, Andalusia | Andalusia | 33 | Good | 6.3 | 44 |
| Málaga | Andalusia | 32 | Good | 4.8 | 48 |
| Alicante | Valencia | 31 | Good | 5 | 42 |
| Granada | Andalusia | 31 | Good | 6.6 | 41 |
| Valencia, Valencia | Valencia | 30 | Good | 9.8 | 23 |
| Murcia | Murcia | 30 | Good | 5.6 | 40 |
| Toledo, Castille-La Mancha | Castille-La Mancha | 30 | Good | 4.6 | 46 |
| Zaragoza | Aragon | 29 | Good | 4.3 | 38 |
| Bilbao | Basque Country | 29 | Good | 7.6 | 31 |
| Barakaldo | Basque Country | 29 | Good | 7.6 | 31 |
| Estepona | Andalusia | 29 | Good | 3.7 | 60 |
| Zamora | Castille and León | 28 | Good | 3.2 | 41 |
| Valladolid | Castille and León | 25 | Good | 3.6 | 35 |
| Vigo | Galicia | 25 | Good | 6 | 41 |
What the US AQI numbers mean
| US AQI | Category | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0-50 | Good | Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no risk; a good time for outdoor activity. |
| 51-100 | Moderate | Acceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening long or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 101-150 | Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups | People with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens should cut back on prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors. |
| 151-200 | Unhealthy | Everyone should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors; sensitive groups should avoid it and keep windows closed. |
| 201-300 | Very Unhealthy | Health alert: everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors, and sensitive groups should stay indoors. |
| 301-500 | Hazardous | Emergency conditions: everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity and stay indoors with filtered air if possible. The scale tops out at 500; heavier dust or smoke is shown as 500. |
Modelled by CAMS (Copernicus) via Open-Meteo, refreshed twice a day; read hour by hour from the forecast.
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Data: Open-Meteo Air Quality API, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).