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Air quality in Asheville

Asheville ranks #10 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 93 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 93rd percentile nationally and #1 of 6 in North Carolina.

clean-air score
93
Exceptional
National rank
#10 of 134
In North Carolina
#1 of 6
Percentile
93rd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Asheville sits 43 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 Asheville

  1. T#7 Lexington, KY 95
  2. #9 Bridgeport, CT 94
  3. #10 Asheville, NC — this page 93
  4. T#11 Gatlinburg, TN 92
  5. T#11 Napa, CA 92

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the cleanest air →

Top US cities for clean air

  1. #1 Anchorage, AK 100
  2. #2 Bend, OR 99
  3. T#3 Lubbock, TX 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Montgomery, AL 97

More about Asheville

Asheville scores 85 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: