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Air quality in Charlotte

Charlotte ranks T#73 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 45 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 46th percentile nationally and #6 of 6 in North Carolina.

clean-air score
45
Some Fun
National rank
T#73 of 134
In North Carolina
#6 of 6
Percentile
46th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Charlotte sits 5 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 Charlotte

  1. T#64 Stowe, VT 50
  2. #72 Los Angeles, CA 47
  3. T#73 Charlotte, NC — this page 45
  4. T#75 Pittsburgh, PA 44
  5. T#75 San Diego, CA 44

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 Charlotte

Charlotte scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: