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Air quality in Boise

Boise ranks T#59 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 56 — Fun. That puts it in the 57th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Idaho.

clean-air score
56
Fun
National rank
T#59 of 134
In Idaho
#1 of 1
Percentile
57th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Boise sits 6 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 Boise

  1. T#56 Raleigh, NC 58
  2. #58 San Jose, CA 57
  3. T#59 Boise, ID — this page 56
  4. #61 Tulsa, OK 55
  5. T#62 Madison, WI 54

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 Boise

Boise scores 80 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: