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Air quality in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge ranks #50 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 63 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Louisiana.

clean-air score
63
Fun
National rank
#50 of 134
In Louisiana
#1 of 2
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Baton Rouge sits 13 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 Baton Rouge

  1. T#47 Washington, DC 65
  2. #49 Aspen, CO 64
  3. #50 Baton Rouge, LA — this page 63
  4. #51 Buffalo, NY 62
  5. T#52 Jersey City, NJ 61

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 Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge scores 28 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: