SmogRank / World / Spain / Madrid / February 2023

Most polluted cities in Madrid, Spain, February 2023

8 cities in Madrid, Spain ranked by their average PM2.5 over the 28 days. Worst: Valdemoro at 16.5 µg/m³, #260 of 1,088 cities in the world. Cleanest: Algete at 8.9. A city needs measurements on 70% of the days to be ranked.

OpenAQ's archive, where our readings come from, has almost none for 25 of these 28 days. Cities in the United States and Europe have them from the EPA's and the European Environment Agency's own records of the same monitors; many cities elsewhere are missing from this board, not clean. Why.

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.

← Valdemoro 0% 0.75%0
Every city in Madrid, Spain ranked for February 2023, one column each, ranked by unhealthy days: height is the share of its measured days that were unhealthy, colour its average. Point at it to read a city; tap to open it.
Good0–50
Moderate51–100
Sensitive groups101–150
Unhealthy151–200
Very unhealthy201–300
Hazardous301+

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

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SmogRank, most polluted cities in Madrid, Spain, PM2.5, February 2023, smogrank.com/es/region/madrid/history/2023-02 (accessed 6 Oct 2026).

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