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Air quality in Bismarck

Bismarck ranks #115 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 15 — Quiet. That puts it in the 15th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in North Dakota.

clean-air score
15
Quiet
National rank
#115 of 134
In North Dakota
#2 of 2
Percentile
15th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Bismarck sits 35 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 Bismarck

  1. T#113 El Paso, TX 16
  2. T#113 Jacksonville, FL 16
  3. #115 Bismarck, ND — this page 15
  4. T#116 Houston, TX 14
  5. T#116 Minneapolis, MN 14

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 Bismarck

Bismarck scores 26 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: