SmogRank / Spain / Andalusia / Almería
Almería, month by month
Almería has a measured daily mean on 917 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2023, at 52 US AQI (9.6 µg/m³), 700th of 1,432 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2026, at 25 US AQI (4.5 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 38 US AQI (6.8 µg/m³), against 39 US AQI (7.1 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
21 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 3 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours), 1 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| 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 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 7 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 23 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 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 | 7 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 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. |
| Oct 2025 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 18 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2025 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 2025 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 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. |
| Mar 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. |
| Aug 2023 | 19 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 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.
Almería's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | 529.6 µg/m³ | 700thof 1,432 | – |
| November 2024 | 488.7 µg/m³ | 1,153rdof 2,624 | – |
| November 2023 | 437.7 µg/m³ | 1,236thof 2,243 | – |
| July 2025 | 427.6 µg/m³ | 1,870thof 2,889 | – |
| September 2023 | 427.5 µg/m³ | 1,317thof 2,176 | North-eastern Spain and France, September 2023 |
| December 2023 | 427.5 µg/m³ | 1,395thof 2,247 | – |
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.
Almería's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2024 | 9231.3 µg/m³ | Spain, April 2024 |
| 5 Sept 2023 | 9029.9 µg/m³ | North-eastern Spain and France, September 2023 |
| 4 Jan 2026 | 7823.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 6 Apr 2024 | 7622.3 µg/m³ | Spain, April 2024 |
| 6 Sept 2023 | 7220.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 7 Jun 2024 | 7220.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 7119.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 1 Jan 2023 | 6918.8 µg/m³ | – |
| 15 Nov 2024 | 6818.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 23 Feb 2023 | 6717.5 µg/m³ | – |
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, Almería, Spain, 1 Jan 2023 – 9 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/almeria/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Almería now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 21:07 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).