SmogRank / Spain / Canary Islands / Santa Cruz de la Palma
Santa Cruz de la Palma, month by month
Santa Cruz de la Palma has a measured daily mean on 813 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was January 2024, at 60 US AQI (13.8 µg/m³), 546th of 2,385 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was October 2025, at 27 US AQI (4.9 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 35 US AQI (6.3 µg/m³), against 46 US AQI (8.3 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 | No day measured. The others: 11 with no readings from the monitors. |
| Sep 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2026 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | No day measured. The others: 31 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 | No day measured. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 2026 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2025 | 9 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 22 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2025 | 15 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 16 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 20 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 10 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jan 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. |
| Nov 2024 | 2 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 5 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 26 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 | 6 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 25 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 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 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. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Santa Cruz de la Palma's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | 6013.8 µg/m³ | 546thof 2,385 | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
| February 2024 | 5913.5 µg/m³ | 395thof 2,486 | Canary Islands, Spain, 18 to 19 February 2024 Canary Islands, Spain, 8 to 9 February 2024 |
| April 2024 | 5410.8 µg/m³ | 907thof 2,520 | Canary Islands, Spain, 14 to 16 April 2024 Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 12 April 2024 |
| February 2023 | 5410.7 µg/m³ | 629thof 1,129 | Canary Islands, Spain, 20 to 22 February 2023 Canary Islands, Spain, 12 to 15 February 2023 |
| October 2023 | 5410.5 µg/m³ | 295thof 2,012 | Canary Islands, Spain, October 2023 |
| December 2024 | 5310.4 µg/m³ | 842ndof 2,616 | Canary Islands, Spain, December 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.
Santa Cruz de la Palma's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 2024 | 15662.5 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
| 29 Jan 2024 | 15560.5 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
| 13 Dec 2023 | 14151.8 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 13 December 2023 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | 14051.4 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, December 2024 |
| 8 Feb 2024 | 13348.6 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 8 to 9 February 2024 |
| 30 Jan 2024 | 13047.3 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
| 11 Apr 2024 | 10938.6 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 11 to 12 April 2024 |
| 19 Feb 2024 | 10838.4 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 18 to 19 February 2024 |
| 14 Feb 2023 | 10738.0 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 12 to 15 February 2023 |
| 26 Jan 2024 | 10336.4 µg/m³ | Canary Islands, Spain, 25 to 30 January 2024 |
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, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain, 1 Jan 2023 – 3 Jan 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/santa-cruz-de-la-palma/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Santa Cruz de la Palma now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 19:07 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).