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Air quality in Burlington

Burlington ranks T#30 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 78 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 78th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Vermont.

clean-air score
78
Very Fun
National rank
T#30 of 134
In Vermont
#1 of 2
Percentile
78th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Burlington sits 28 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 Burlington

  1. T#27 Boston, MA 80
  2. #29 Jackson, MS 79
  3. T#30 Burlington, VT — this page 78
  4. #32 Baltimore, MD 77
  5. #33 Jackson, WY 76

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 Burlington

Burlington scores 73 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: