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Where each city and state stands on air quality right now

Colored from cleanest to highest; every reading with its source and period one click away on its ranking page. Switch lenses on the map for rent, taxes, sunshine, air, safety and the rest.

By The Honest Local · 157 places · every rank links to its ranking
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Air quality right now, cities 105 cities · cleanest first
PlaceAir quality right nowAs of
1stAsheville1610/04/26
1stRaleigh1610/04/26
3rdHonolulu1810/04/26
3rdMelbourne1810/04/26
5thGreenville, SC1910/04/26
5thBaton Rouge1910/04/26
5thGreensboro1910/04/26
5thDaytona Beach1910/04/26
5thWinston-Salem1910/04/26
10thCharlotte, NC2010/04/26
11thRichmond2110/04/26
11thPoughkeepsie2110/04/26
13thPortland, Maine2210/04/26
13thCape Coral2210/04/26
13thAlbany2210/04/26
13thDurham2210/04/26
13thOrlando, Florida2210/04/26
18thSavannah2310/04/26
18thAustin2310/04/26
18thLakeland2310/04/26
21stBaltimore2410/04/26
21stWashington DC2410/04/26
21stNew Orleans2410/04/26
24thJacksonville, Florida2510/04/26
25thSarasota2610/04/26
25thSan Antonio, Texas2610/04/26
25thBirmingham2610/04/26
25thAugusta, Georgia2610/04/26
29thBridgeport2710/04/26
29thSyracuse2710/04/26
29thVirginia Beach2710/04/26
32ndCharleston2810/04/26
33rdHuntsville, AL2910/04/26
33rdKnoxville2910/04/26
33rdColumbia, South Carolina2910/04/26
33rdAllentown2910/04/26
37thBoston3010/04/26
37thTampa3010/04/26
37thHartford3010/04/26
37thNew Haven3010/04/26
41stWorcester3110/04/26
42ndMiami3210/04/26
42ndBuffalo3210/04/26
44thMinneapolis3310/04/26
44thProvidence3310/04/26
44thDes Moines3310/04/26
47thMilwaukee3410/04/26
47thOmaha3410/04/26
47thMcAllen3410/04/26
47thMadison3410/04/26
51stJackson, Mississippi3510/04/26
52ndNashville3610/04/26
53rdSpokane3810/04/26
53rdOklahoma City3810/04/26
53rdChicago3810/04/26
56thWichita3910/04/26
56thHarrisburg3910/04/26
58thChattanooga4010/04/26
58thMemphis4010/04/26
58thDayton4010/04/26
61stCleveland4110/04/26
62ndSt. Louis4310/04/26
62ndLouisville4310/04/26
62ndSan Francisco4310/04/26
62ndProvo4310/04/26
66thAlbuquerque4410/04/26
66thPittsburgh4410/04/26
66thPhiladelphia4410/04/26
66thTulsa4410/04/26
66thFayetteville, Arkansas4410/04/26
71stAtlanta, Georgia4510/04/26
71stCincinnati4510/04/26
73rdReno4610/04/26
73rdNew York4610/04/26
73rdToledo4610/04/26
76thDallas, Texas4710/04/26
77thPhoenix4810/04/26
77thOgden4810/04/26
79thColumbus4910/04/26
80thTucson5010/04/26
81stLas Vegas5110/04/26
81stIndianapolis5110/04/26
83rdVancouver, Washington5210/04/26
83rdKansas City5210/04/26
83rdPortland5210/04/26
83rdHouston, Texas5210/04/26
83rdAkron5210/04/26
88thDetroit5310/04/26
88thEl Paso5310/04/26
90thGrand Rapids5410/04/26
90thBoise, Idaho5410/04/26
92ndSacramento5810/04/26
93rdSeattle5910/04/26
94thSalt Lake City6110/04/26
95thRiverside6410/04/26
96thLos Angeles, California6710/04/26
97thColorado Springs7110/04/26
98thLittle Rock7710/04/26
98thOxnard7710/04/26
100thSan Diego9010/04/26
100thStockton9010/04/26
102ndDenver10010/04/26
103rdSan Jose, California11210/04/26
104thFresno11510/04/26
105thBakersfield12910/04/26
Cite this

The Honest Local, Air quality right now across America, every city and state, October 2026, https://thehonestlocal.com/map/aqi_now

Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Data last moved October 5, 2026. Each number's source and period sit on its ranking page, one click from its rank.

Sources and method

The map reads the same tables as every ranking on this site: the live tape (Zillow, realtor.com by way of FRED, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AAA, AirNow, MERIC, the Census Bureau, the FBI, the EIA, the BEA), and The Honest Local's own scores (Sunshine, Heat, Cold, Snow, Clean Air, Bad Air, Disaster, Safety, Affordability), each a blend of at least two public sources. Cities and states rank on separate lists. A place with no reading is left grey rather than estimated.