SmogRank / Spain / Murcia / El Plan
El Plan, month by month
El Plan has a measured daily mean on 679 days since 30 December 2023. Its worst month was June 2025, at 64 US AQI (16.3 µg/m³), 354th of 2,508 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2025, at 43 US AQI (7.7 µg/m³).
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
13 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 4 of 11 days measured; a month needs 8. The others: 3 with no readings from the monitor, 4 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 17 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 14 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 10 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 20 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. |
| 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 | 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 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 2023 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
El Plan's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 6416.3 µg/m³ | 354thof 2,508 | North-eastern Spain, June 2025 |
| August 2025 | 6315.7 µg/m³ | 317thof 2,901 | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| November 2024 | 6114.4 µg/m³ | 441stof 2,624 | – |
| August 2026 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 457thof 2,896 | – |
| February 2025 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 987thof 2,633 | – |
| January 2024 | 5712.1 µg/m³ | 683rdof 2,385 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to 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.
El Plan's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Mar 2025 | 12143.5 µg/m³ | Murcia and Valencia, Spain, March 2025 |
| 31 Oct 2024 | 11440.6 µg/m³ | Northern Spain, October 2024 |
| 25 Nov 2024 | 11240.1 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 10236.0 µg/m³ | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| 15 Jan 2024 | 9633.5 µg/m³ | – |
| 30 Dec 2023 | 9432.3 µg/m³ | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 12 Jun 2025 | 8929.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 8 Apr 2024 | 8728.4 µg/m³ | Spain, April 2024 |
| 14 Jun 2025 | 8627.9 µg/m³ | North-eastern Spain, June 2025 |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 8527.2 µg/m³ | North-eastern Spain and France, January 2026 |
Daily means, the highest since 30 Dec 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, El Plan, Spain, 30 Dec 2023 – 6 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/el-plan/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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El Plan now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 20:07 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).