Anchorage, AK · the CityFunIndex
Air quality in Anchorage
Anchorage ranks #1 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 100 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 100th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Alaska.
- clean-air score
- 100
- Exceptional
- National rank
- #1 of 134
- In Alaska
- #1 of 1
- Percentile
- 100th
The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Anchorage sits 50 points above the median.
How air quality is measured
Recent particulate matter and ozone levels — a trailing-week air-quality average.
The clean-air score is the flip side of our air quality measure — 100 minus the raw air quality score — so a city with less of it scores higher.
Data sources: EPA AirNow and OpenAQ pollution readings (seven-day trailing average).
Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →
Ranked around Anchorage
- #1 Anchorage, AK — this page 100
- #2 Bend, OR 99
- T#3 Lubbock, TX 98
Top US cities for clean air
- #1 Anchorage, AK — this page 100
- #2 Bend, OR 99
- T#3 Lubbock, TX 98
- T#3 Telluride, CO 98
- #5 Montgomery, AL 97
More about Anchorage
Anchorage scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: