SmogRank / Spain / Canary Islands / Candelaria
Candelaria, month by month
Candelaria, Canary Islands has a measured daily mean on 984 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was August 2025, at 61 US AQI (14.7 µg/m³), 384th of 2,901 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2023, at 24 US AQI (4.3 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 52 US AQI (9.4 µg/m³), against 49 US AQI (8.9 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
16 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitors, 3 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 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 2026 | 9 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 21 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 | 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. |
| Jan 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. |
| Nov 2024 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 8 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 23 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 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 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 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2023 | 21 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 10 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.
Candelaria's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | 6114.7 µg/m³ | 384thof 2,901 | – |
| February 2024 | 6114.6 µg/m³ | 357thof 2,486 | Canary Islands, Spain, 18 to 19 February 2024 Canary Islands, Spain, 14 February 2024and 2 more |
| December 2024 | 6114.3 µg/m³ | 510thof 2,616 | Canary Islands, Spain, December 2024 |
| July 2025 | 5913.4 µg/m³ | 571stof 2,889 | – |
| February 2023 | 5913.3 µg/m³ | 454thof 1,129 | Canary Islands, Spain, 20 to 22 February 2023 Canary Islands, Spain, 12 to 15 February 2023 |
| January 2024 | 5812.9 µg/m³ | 610thof 2,385 | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
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.
Candelaria's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2025 | 16271.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 13 Dec 2023 | 15966.5 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 13 December 2023 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 15764.2 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, December 2024 |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 15560.8 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 12 to 15 February 2023 |
| 13 Feb 2023 | 14954.8 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 12 to 15 February 2023 |
| 29 Jan 2024 | 13147.6 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
| 19 Feb 2024 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 18 to 19 February 2024 |
| 17 Aug 2025 | 10637.7 µg/m³ | – |
| 11 Apr 2024 | 10637.4 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 12 April 2024 |
| 8 Feb 2024 | 10537.1 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 8 to 9 February 2024 |
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, Candelaria, Canary Islands, 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/candelaria/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Candelaria now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 18:07 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).