CityFunIndex

Buffalo, NY · the CityFunIndex

Air quality in Buffalo

Buffalo ranks #51 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 62 — Fun. That puts it in the 63rd percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New York.

clean-air score
62
Fun
National rank
#51 of 134
In New York
#1 of 2
Percentile
63rd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Buffalo sits 12 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 Buffalo

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

Buffalo scores 77 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: