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Air quality in Bakersfield

Bakersfield ranks #105 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 22 — Quiet. That puts it in the 22nd percentile nationally and #18 of 18 in California.

clean-air score
22
Quiet
National rank
#105 of 134
In California
#18 of 18
Percentile
22nd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Bakersfield sits 28 points below 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 Bakersfield

  1. T#103 Charleston, WV 23
  2. T#103 Riverside, CA 23
  3. #105 Bakersfield, CA — this page 22
  4. #106 Reno, NV 21
  5. T#107 Fargo, ND 20

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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 Bakersfield

Bakersfield scores 0 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: