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Air quality in Birmingham

Birmingham ranks #45 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 67 — Fun. That puts it in the 67th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Alabama.

clean-air score
67
Fun
National rank
#45 of 134
In Alabama
#2 of 2
Percentile
67th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Birmingham sits 17 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 Birmingham

  1. T#42 Norfolk, VA 68
  2. T#42 Virginia Beach, VA 68
  3. #45 Birmingham, AL — this page 67
  4. #46 Little Rock, AR 66
  5. T#47 Santa Clarita, CA 65

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 Birmingham

Birmingham scores 58 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: