SmogRank / Spain / Madrid / Algete
Algete, month by month
Algete has a measured daily mean on 920 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2025, at 59 US AQI (13.5 µg/m³), 493rd of 2,901 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was March 2025, at 16 US AQI (2.8 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 35 US AQI (6.3 µg/m³), against 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³) in 2023.
Every month since 2023
The US EPA's Air Quality Index for PM2.5 (2024 breakpoints). Show values as: µg/m³ · US AQI · India AQI · China AQI · European AQI · UK DAQI · Canada AQHI+. About the scales
Months without a mean, and why
17 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 5 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitors, 5 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Aug 2026 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2026 | 5 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 26 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2026 | 8 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 24 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | 14 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2024 | 1 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Apr 2024 | 13 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 17 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2024 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2023 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Algete's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 493rdof 2,901 | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| August 2023 | 5310.1 µg/m³ | 604thof 1,980 | Madrid, Castille and León and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, August 2023 |
| June 2023 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 856thof 1,603 | – |
| December 2023 | 519.2 µg/m³ | 894thof 2,247 | – |
| February 2023 | 498.9 µg/m³ | 740thof 1,129 | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| October 2023 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 565thof 2,012 | – |
Monthly means over the days measured; finished months only. World rank: its place on that month's world ranking of every city with enough days. Each month opens that ranking.
Algete's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2025 | 11139.7 µg/m³ | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| 9 Aug 2023 | 10336.2 µg/m³ | Madrid, Castille and León and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, August 2023 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | 10035.3 µg/m³ | Northern Spain, October 2024 |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 8728.6 µg/m³ | Madrid, Andalusia and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, April 2023 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | 8628.0 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 28 Jun 2023 | 8326.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 8326.3 µg/m³ | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| 19 Jul 2023 | 8225.8 µg/m³ | Andalusia, Madrid and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, July 2023 |
| 7 Apr 2024 | 8125.3 µg/m³ | Spain, April 2024 |
| 18 Aug 2025 | 8125.0 µg/m³ | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
Daily means, the highest since 1 Jan 2023; the WHO's daily guideline is 15 µg/m³. Each date opens that day's world ranking, and each episode the bad-air spell it was part of.
Use this history
SmogRank, PM2.5 monthly and daily means, Algete, Spain, 1 Jan 2023 – 7 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/algete/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Algete now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 17:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index. Some low-cost readings: Sensor.Community, ODbL (data and licence). Some readings: Uzhydromet (Uzbekistan's Hydrometeorological Service); Department of Environment, Nepal; Vietnam's government monitors; Aurassure; Umhverfisstofnun (Environment Agency of Iceland); RMCAB (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, Bogotá); Love My Air (City and County of Denver), no reuse terms published (why we use them).