SmogRank / Spain / Basque Country / Durango
Durango, month by month
Durango has a measured daily mean on 927 days since 11 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2023, at 64 US AQI (16.2 µg/m³), 272nd of 1,129 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was January 2026, at 27 US AQI (4.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 48 US AQI (8.7 µg/m³), against 53 US AQI (10.0 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 | 6 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 1 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 16 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 15 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 | 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 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 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 24 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 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2024 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Mar 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. |
| 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. |
| Apr 2023 | 15 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 3 missing from OpenAQ's archive, 12 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2023 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 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.
Durango's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | 6416.2 µg/m³ | 272ndof 1,129 | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| May 2023 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 260thof 1,600 | – |
| March 2023 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 155thof 911 | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| June 2023 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 611thof 1,603 | – |
| January 2024 | 5511.1 µg/m³ | 780thof 2,385 | – |
| February 2025 | 5410.7 µg/m³ | 1,121stof 2,633 | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
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.
Durango's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 2023 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 |
| 19 Feb 2023 | 10235.8 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | 9935.1 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 1 Feb 2024 | 9733.8 µg/m³ | Spain, Portugal and France, February 2024 |
| 5 Sept 2023 | 9532.7 µg/m³ | North-eastern Spain and France, September 2023 |
| 3 Mar 2023 | 8929.4 µg/m³ | Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 8829.2 µg/m³ | Basque Country and Castille and León, Spain, June 2025 |
| 4 Mar 2023 | 8828.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 4 to 7 March 2023 Europe, 28 February to 4 March 2023 |
| 6 Feb 2025 | 8828.8 µg/m³ | Europe, 1 to 14 February 2025 |
| 9 Apr 2025 | 8628.0 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 11 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, Durango, Spain, 11 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/durango/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Durango 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).