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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.
About 2.45K people in these 2 cities breathed unhealthy air on an average day over the last 30 days.
Ranked by people: each city's population times its share of unhealthy days, those with a daily mean over 35.4 µg/m³ (US AQI 101+). That is how many people living there breathed unhealthy air on an average day. Only cities measured at 2 or more places at least 3 km apart are ranked: one monitor shouldn't speak for a whole city. Population is the city itself, not its wider metro area.
Cities coloured by their PM2.5 over the last 24 hours. Fires, smoke and ash: Oct 5, the newest UTC day mapped.
Not on this map: #1 Arrecife 13.2.
- 1Arrecifelast full day 1 Oct 2.45K
- 2Candelarialast full day 1 Oct 0
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 |
|---|---|
| La Laguna | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| San Bartolomé de Tirajana | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Adeje | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Los Realejos | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Realejo Alto | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Puerto de la Cruz | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Puerto del Carmen | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Agüimes | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| La Oliva | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Gáldar | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Icod de los Vinos | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Tacoronte | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Carrizal | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Mogán | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Pájara | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Guía de Isora | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
| Los Llanos de Aridane | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Tías | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Teguise | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| San Bartolomé | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| Santa Brígida | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Güimar | ≈ 10 µg/m³ |
| Playa del Ingles | ≈ 11 µg/m³ |
| Yaiza | ≈ 12 µg/m³ |
| San Miguel De Abona | ≈ 13 µg/m³ |
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.