SmogRank / Spain / Catalonia / Tarragona
Tarragona, month by month
Tarragona has a measured daily mean on 586 days since 5 October 2023. Its worst month was November 2024, at 56 US AQI (11.9 µg/m³), 580th of 2,624 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was November 2025, at 23 US AQI (4.1 µg/m³).
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
20 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | No day measured. The others: 6 with no readings from the monitors, 6 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| Sep 2026 | No day measured. The others: 12 with no readings from the monitors, 18 with readings for part of the day (a day needs 18 hours). |
| 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 | 4 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 27 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Dec 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. |
| Oct 2025 | 18 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 13 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. |
| 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. |
| Jan 2025 | 13 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 18 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 2024 | 12 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 19 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 | 3 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 28 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jul 2024 | 11 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 20 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. |
A day counts once 18 hours of it are measured; a month needs 70% of its days.
Tarragona's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | 5611.9 µg/m³ | 580thof 2,624 | – |
| January 2024 | 5611.7 µg/m³ | 724thof 2,385 | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| August 2025 | 5511.3 µg/m³ | 936thof 2,901 | – |
| February 2024 | 5310.0 µg/m³ | 661stof 2,486 | Southern Europe, February 2024 Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| December 2023 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 750thof 2,247 | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| April 2025 | 529.8 µg/m³ | 1,229thof 2,951 | – |
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.
Tarragona's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2024 | 9633.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 25 Jan 2024 | 8728.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 17 Feb 2025 | 8628.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 29 Dec 2023 | 8627.7 µg/m³ | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 6 Feb 2024 | 8326.4 µg/m³ | Southern Europe, February 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2024 | 8226.0 µg/m³ | – |
| 27 Jan 2024 | 8125.2 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| 30 Dec 2023 | 7924.1 µg/m³ | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | 7923.9 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Nov 2023 | 7723.1 µg/m³ | – |
Daily means, the highest since 5 Oct 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, Tarragona, Spain, 5 Oct 2023 – 4 Jan 2026. Monitor data from EEA and Catalonia Medi Ambient I Sostenibilitat, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/tarragona/history (accessed 13 Oct 2026).
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Tarragona now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-13 00:07 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).