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La Línea de la Concepción, month by month
La Línea de la Concepción has a measured daily mean on 934 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was July 2023, at 66 US AQI (17.1 µg/m³), 103rd of 1,432 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was December 2025, at 37 US AQI (6.7 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 47 US AQI (8.5 µg/m³), against 57 US AQI (12.4 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: 2 with no readings from the monitors, 3 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Jul 2026 | 10 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 21 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | 6 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 24 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. |
| Nov 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 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. |
| 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 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Feb 2025 | 19 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 9 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. |
| 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 | 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 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 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.
La Línea de la Concepción's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | 6617.1 µg/m³ | 103rdof 1,432 | Andalusia, Madrid and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, July 2023 |
| October 2023 | 6014.1 µg/m³ | 123rdof 2,012 | – |
| June 2023 | 5812.7 µg/m³ | 504thof 1,603 | – |
| May 2023 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 245thof 1,600 | – |
| November 2023 | 5712.3 µg/m³ | 276thof 2,243 | – |
| September 2023 | 5612.0 µg/m³ | 326thof 2,176 | – |
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.
La Línea de la Concepción's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Apr 2024 | 10637.4 µg/m³ | Spain, April 2024 |
| 10 Apr 2023 | 9231.2 µg/m³ | Madrid, Andalusia and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, April 2023 |
| 19 Jul 2023 | 8728.4 µg/m³ | Andalusia, Madrid and Castille-La Mancha, Spain, July 2023 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 8225.7 µg/m³ | Spain, December 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | 7924.2 µg/m³ | – |
| 18 Jul 2023 | 7924.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Nov 2023 | 7823.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Aug 2024 | 7823.6 µg/m³ | – |
| 7 Sept 2023 | 7823.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Aug 2025 | 7622.7 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, La Línea de la Concepción, 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/la-linea-de-la-concepcion/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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La Línea de la Concepción now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 03:07 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).