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Air quality in Charleston

Charleston ranks T#103 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 23 — Quiet. That puts it in the 24th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in West Virginia.

clean-air score
23
Quiet
National rank
T#103 of 134
In West Virginia
#1 of 1
Percentile
24th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Charleston sits 27 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 Charleston

  1. #101 Fresno, CA 25
  2. #102 Milwaukee, WI 24
  3. T#103 Charleston, WV — this page 23
  4. #105 Bakersfield, CA 22
  5. #106 Reno, NV 21

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 Charleston

Charleston scores 61 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: