SmogRank / Spain / Valencia / Valencia
Valencia, month by month
Valencia, Spain has a measured daily mean on 972 days since 1 January 2023. Its worst month was February 2025, at 66 US AQI (17.4 µg/m³), 726th of 2,633 cities on that month's world ranking. Its cleanest was September 2023, at 30 US AQI (5.4 µg/m³). 2025 averaged 56 US AQI (11.6 µg/m³), against 52 US AQI (9.5 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
15 months
| Month | Why |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 7 of 12 days measured; a month needs 9. The others: 2 with no readings from the monitors, 3 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 | 1 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 29 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| May 2026 | 2 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 29 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 | 8 of 28 days measured; a month needs 20. The others: 20 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Jun 2025 | 19 of 30 days measured; a month needs 21. The others: 11 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Oct 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. |
| Sep 2024 | No day measured. The others: 30 with under 18 hours of readings or readings that failed our checks. |
| Aug 2024 | 7 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 24 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. |
| Jan 2023 | 20 of 31 days measured; a month needs 22. The others: 11 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.
Valencia's worst months
| Month | US AQI | World rank | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | 6617.4 µg/m³ | 726thof 2,633 | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| February 2023 | 6617.3 µg/m³ | 222ndof 1,129 | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| August 2025 | 6416.3 µg/m³ | 299thof 2,901 | Spain, Portugal and Andorra, August 2025 |
| November 2024 | 6315.5 µg/m³ | 386thof 2,624 | – |
| April 2025 | 5812.8 µg/m³ | 677thof 2,951 | – |
| December 2024 | 5712.5 µg/m³ | 629thof 2,616 | – |
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.
Valencia's worst days
| Day | US AQI | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 2023 | 11240.0 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 29 Dec 2023 | 10537.1 µg/m³ | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 22 Feb 2023 | 10336.2 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 13 Apr 2025 | 9633.4 µg/m³ | – |
| 20 Feb 2023 | 9633.1 µg/m³ | Spain, France and Portugal, February 2023 |
| 30 Dec 2023 | 9633.1 µg/m³ | Spain, France and 2 more countries, December 2023 to January 2024 |
| 17 Feb 2025 | 9532.7 µg/m³ | Europe, 14 February to 1 March 2025 |
| 28 Jan 2024 | 9532.6 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 2024 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | 9331.4 µg/m³ | Murcia and Valencia, Spain, March 2025 |
| 27 Jan 2024 | 9231.1 µg/m³ | Europe, 27 January to 2 February 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, Valencia, Spain, Spain, 1 Jan 2023 – 9 Oct 2026. Monitor data from EEA, via OpenAQ and from the publisher directly; sources listed at smogrank.com/sources. smogrank.com/es/valencia/history (accessed 12 Oct 2026).
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Valencia now: the last 24 hours, its ranks today and the last 12 months day by day.
Updated 2026-10-12 22:07 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).