Spain — Green City Index

Ranking of 130 reviewed cities in Spain: green space per inhabitant, land surface heat and air quality from satellite and model data.

Ranking

#rank	City	Green m²/capita	Hottest zones °C	PM2.5 µg/m³	PM10 µg/m³	NO2 µg/m³	Index
1	Pontevedra	882	+3.5	7.4	15.3	13.9	202.7
2	Ferrol	843	+4.3	8.8	13.2	12.7	240.2
3	Segovia	219	+2.2	6.9	15.5	14.9	251.8
4	Zamora	241	+3.1	7.2	15.9	9.7	254.2
5	Oviedo	635	+3.1	9.0	17.7	15.2	272.0
6	Utrera	1525	+2.1	10.1	25.1	14.1	288.5
7	Burgos	72	+2.4	5.9	15.9	12.1	289.0
8	Gasteiz / Vitoria	426	+4.3	6.7	16.6	14.3	291.2
9	Ávila	183	+3.5	8.4	14.7	9.2	293.2
10	Vila-real	189	+2.9	7.5	13.8	17.2	297.2
11	Torrelavega	448	+4.3	8.2	15.4	16.0	306.0
12	Logroño	66	+2.2	7.2	16.3	13.8	308.0
13	Sagunto	186	+3.3	7.7	12.2	17.4	314.5
14	Irun	534	+5.7	7.7	16.0	16.0	317.0
15	Palencia	60	+2.3	7.2	17.4	12.0	320.0
16	Ponferrada	1878	+6.1	8.1	21.2	12.8	324.3
17	Castelló de la Plana	99	+2.5	8.3	13.5	17.5	328.5
18	Elche	34	+1.8	6.6	17.3	13.9	332.2
19	Benidorm	10	+2.3	5.5	15.0	14.5	338.5
20	Ourense	403	+4.8	9.3	15.7	13.9	339.5
21	Pamplona	19	+2.3	7.2	14.5	15.7	343.8
22	Huesca	194	+2.5	7.7	18.7	17.2	345.2
23	Vélez-Málaga	317	+2.0	7.7	23.0	18.7	352.0
24	León	40	+2.7	6.4	18.0	12.6	355.5
25	Cuenca	875	+4.0	10.1	17.6	18.5	356.5
26	Gandia	133	+3.0	8.4	16.9	16.4	359.3
27	Alcoy	90	+3.1	6.3	19.3	12.5	362.2
28	Valladolid	35	+2.5	7.4	17.6	13.9	364.2
29	Gijón	413	+3.3	9.9	19.0	16.2	364.5
30	Guadalajara	132	+2.4	7.6	21.4	14.8	366.7
31	San Vicent del Raspeig	2	+1.2	4.9	18.2	13.0	369.0
32	Puertollano	267	+3.7	7.7	23.4	10.1	371.5
33	Donostia / San Sebastián	227	+4.8	7.8	15.9	16.4	374.7
34	Salamanca	9	+3.8	6.1	15.0	11.3	383.3
35	Estepona	283	+2.6	8.9	23.2	17.1	391.7
36	El Puerto de Santa María	143	+3.3	7.9	21.8	12.3	392.5
37	Motril	192	+2.6	7.9	24.6	16.0	393.8
38	Torrent	90	+2.5	9.0	17.4	17.8	394.8
39	Chiclana de la Frontera	194	+3.3	8.7	21.6	12.9	395.3
40	Ciudad Real	65	+2.4	8.2	24.0	10.3	396.0
41	Aranjuez	273	+3.3	8.8	22.0	15.8	401.7
42	Talavera de la Reina	261	+3.2	8.2	25.3	15.8	403.3
43	Collado-Villalba	32	+3.0	7.3	17.9	16.2	406.8
44	Reus	52	+1.8	7.8	19.4	19.5	409.7
45	Barakaldo	207	+6.4	7.6	16.1	18.0	415.0
46	Manresa	81	+2.8	8.1	19.8	17.4	418.5
47	Torrevieja	25	+4.8	7.8	13.2	13.9	419.5
48	Toledo	100	+2.8	8.6	22.2	14.5	419.5
49	Calvià	122	+3.8	8.6	18.3	15.8	419.8
50	Santander	70	+3.4	9.2	17.1	16.9	431.7
51	Sanlúcar de Barrameda	79	+4.0	7.3	22.2	11.5	435.7
52	Algorta	63	+4.0	8.2	16.4	18.0	438.7
53	Lleida	361	+3.5	9.1	25.8	18.9	439.3
54	A Coruña	46	+3.9	9.3	15.1	16.4	440.0
55	Elda	4	+2.5	6.7	23.5	11.5	440.5
56	Arona	13	+3.0	6.0	28.1	8.8	440.8
57	Las Rozas de Madrid	23	+2.2	8.5	19.7	17.3	441.3
58	Campiña	12	+2.2	8.2	28.2	10.7	443.5
59	Majadahonda	20	+1.8	8.8	19.5	18.0	447.7
60	Tarragona	39	+3.1	7.8	17.8	20.4	451.8
61	Telde	3	+2.6	8.0	26.3	7.6	454.5
62	Boadilla del Monte	49	+2.6	8.8	19.6	18.9	457.8
63	Avilés	145	+4.0	8.8	21.3	15.7	458.5
64	Paterna	14	+2.5	9.6	16.9	18.7	461.3
65	Linares	51	+1.9	10.3	28.1	13.1	462.8
66	Mijas	180	+3.0	9.4	22.5	19.1	463.0
67	Melilla	0	+1.8	7.7	23.1	15.2	464.3
68	Marbella	135	+2.6	9.3	22.6	19.4	465.5
69	La Laguna	94	+5.5	7.3	24.8	9.4	470.5
70	Palma	28	+3.0	9.3	19.0	16.9	471.2
71	Roquetas de Mar	2	+2.2	8.2	24.1	14.5	473.2
72	Molina de Segura	122	+2.2	11.0	27.2	17.3	473.5
73	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	2	+3.1	7.6	27.6	9.0	477.0
74	Alcalá de Guadaira	78	+2.1	10.4	25.2	17.0	477.3
75	El Ejido	9	+2.7	8.0	23.9	14.7	477.8
76	San Sebastián de los Reyes	58	+2.9	8.5	19.8	21.9	478.3
77	Dos Hermanas	136	+2.6	11.1	24.6	17.1	478.8
78	Vigo	180	+4.9	10.0	17.7	17.6	479.3
79	Cadiz	1	+3.0	8.5	21.5	12.3	480.8
80	Benalmádena	45	+2.2	9.5	23.4	18.0	488.0
81	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	98	+8.2	7.6	27.1	9.6	490.7
82	Bilbao	67	+5.7	8.6	16.6	18.5	499.8
83	Arrecife	0	+2.5	9.3	35.8	9.2	501.3
84	Almería	3	+3.2	7.9	25.9	12.9	504.5
85	Algeciras	309	+5.7	9.6	22.8	18.3	508.5
86	Alcalá de Henares	24	+3.1	8.6	20.9	18.9	509.7
87	Sant Cugat del Vallès	226	+5.1	8.5	20.6	23.2	511.8
88	Vilanova i la Geltrú	27	+3.0	8.9	19.3	22.2	513.3
89	Alcorcón	4	+1.9	9.2	19.9	22.0	514.5
90	Málaga	50	+3.6	7.7	23.9	18.9	514.8
91	Pozuelo de Alarcón	34	+3.1	8.8	20.2	21.1	515.7
92	Arganda	17	+3.0	9.0	21.1	18.2	515.8
93	Torrejón de Ardoz	7	+2.1	8.9	21.2	21.5	515.8
94	Fuengirola	7	+2.0	9.5	23.0	18.0	516.8
95	La Línea de la Concepción	17	+2.6	9.1	22.6	18.7	521.7
96	Móstoles	6	+1.8	9.8	20.6	21.1	526.8
97	Torremolinos	19	+2.7	9.2	23.6	18.7	527.8
98	Granada	46	+2.9	10.2	28.6	16.9	529.5
99	Girona	172	+5.1	10.5	19.7	19.0	531.8
100	Rubí	92	+3.9	8.5	20.7	24.4	533.2
101	San Fernando	4	+4.3	8.6	21.4	12.4	534.0
102	Leganés	6	+1.7	9.6	20.5	24.4	540.3
103	Parla	4	+1.3	10.0	21.1	21.6	541.3
104	Valencia	28	+4.9	9.3	17.4	19.2	544.2
105	Cerdanyola del Vallès	162	+5.1	8.8	20.7	23.8	547.3
106	Getafe	7	+2.2	9.8	21.1	23.2	549.8
107	Valdemoro	8	+3.0	9.4	22.1	18.9	549.8
108	Huelva	14	+4.2	8.9	24.0	13.8	550.2
109	Santa Lucía	0	+3.6	9.9	29.9	7.6	554.8
110	Fuenlabrada	4	+2.5	9.8	20.4	22.0	557.8
111	Madrid	7	+3.2	8.9	20.5	21.8	558.3
112	Mollet del Vallès	15	+1.8	11.0	21.4	25.5	561.3
113	Viladecans	54	+2.9	10.8	21.4	25.7	564.5
114	Santa Coloma de Gramenet	7	+2.0	9.9	21.6	25.2	565.7
115	Castelldefels	12	+2.8	10.1	20.2	22.9	565.8
116	Rivas-Vaciamadrid	66	+4.6	9.1	21.0	21.4	566.5
117	El Prat de Llobregat	59	+3.0	10.7	21.8	27.0	570.2
118	Alcobendas	29	+4.4	8.5	19.9	22.9	574.3
119	Coslada	4	+3.0	8.7	21.3	25.3	575.3
120	Terrassa	111	+5.6	9.3	20.6	23.8	577.5
121	Granollers	17	+2.3	11.8	21.1	25.6	578.7
122	Sabadell	32	+3.5	9.8	20.8	25.4	586.3
123	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	3	+2.1	9.8	22.4	27.0	586.8
124	Sant Boi de Llobregat	28	+2.8	11.1	22.1	26.3	589.7
125	Sevilla	14	+3.4	10.7	25.3	18.3	595.0
126	Ceuta	33	+5.4	9.0	22.4	19.2	597.5
127	Barcelona	8	+3.3	9.5	21.5	25.6	603.7
128	Cornellà de Llobregat	5	+2.3	11.0	22.4	27.6	605.0
129	Mataró	19	+3.7	12.9	19.8	21.6	605.0
130	Badalona	9	+8.2	10.1	21.6	25.1	693.8

Method and caveats

The Index combines five measurements for each city: green space per inhabitant, how hot its hottest districts get, and three air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2). A city is placed from first to last on each measurement and those places are averaged, with green space counted twice. Lower is better.

Heat is land surface temperature, not air temperature. Air quality values are model estimates. Green area is vegetation extent detected by satellite, not tree height.