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Most polluted cities in Canary Islands, Spain

2 measured cities, last 30 days; 0 above the WHO 24-hour guideline. Worst: Arrecife at 13.2 µg/m³, #422 in the world.

26 monitors in Spain stopped reporting on 6 Oct, 05:00 Madrid time. Cities that rely on them are missing from the 24-hour board and may drop from the longer ones; that isn't clean air, and they return when the data does.

Ranked by unhealthy days: the share of each city's measured days with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups or worse on the US EPA's scale. Ties go to the higher average.

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

Estimated: cities without a monitor

Canary Islands cities we can't measure, with model estimates for the last 7 days. Listed by population, not ranked: estimates aren't precise enough to rank. Model estimates from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), adjusted to measured cities nearby where there are any. Adjusted, a single day lands within ×1.5 of what a monitor would read about two times in three; unadjusted, it can be off by half or double. Treat them as a guide, not a measurement.

City	7-day estimate	Band
La Laguna	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
San Bartolomé de Tirajana	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Adeje	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Los Realejos	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Realejo Alto	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Puerto de la Cruz	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Puerto del Carmen	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Agüimes	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
La Oliva	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Gáldar	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Icod de los Vinos	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Tacoronte	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Carrizal	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Mogán	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Pájara	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Guía de Isora	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate
Los Llanos de Aridane	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Tías	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Teguise	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
San Bartolomé	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
Santa Brígida	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Güimar	≈ 10 µg/m³	Moderate
Playa del Ingles	≈ 11 µg/m³	Moderate
Yaiza	≈ 12 µg/m³	Moderate
San Miguel De Abona	≈ 13 µg/m³	Moderate

Bad-air episodes in Canary Islands

• Canary Islands, Spain, November 202524 to 25 November 2025, 2 days18 cities104 µg/m³peak, Maspalomas
• Canary Islands, Spain, September 202516 to 21 September 2025, 6 days14 cities95 µg/m³peak, Ingenio
• Canary Islands, Spain, January 20254 to 5 January 2025, 2 days13 cities54 µg/m³peak, Maspalomas
• Canary Islands, Spain, December 202417 to 18 December 2024, 2 days18 cities152 µg/m³peak, Maspalomas
• Canary Islands, Spain, 14 to 16 April 20243 days12 cities49 µg/m³peak, Puerto del Rosario
• Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 12 April 20242 days16 cities101 µg/m³peak, Maspalomas

Times when many cities around here had PM2.5 at twice their usual or more on the same days.

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Canary Islands, Spain, PM2.5, last 30 days to 6 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC, smogrank.com/es/region/canary-islands?w=30d.

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Updated 2026-10-06 23:07 UTC. Values are PM2.5 (fine particles), the median of each city's monitors, as the US AQI PM2.5 sub-index.