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Air quality in Boston

Boston ranks T#27 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 80 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Massachusetts.

clean-air score
80
Very Fun
National rank
T#27 of 134
In Massachusetts
#1 of 1
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Boston sits 30 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 Boston

  1. #25 Providence, RI 82
  2. #26 Memphis, TN 81
  3. T#27 Boston, MA — this page 80
  4. #29 Jackson, MS 79
  5. T#30 Burlington, VT 78

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 Boston

Boston scores 98 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: