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Air quality in Columbus

Columbus ranks T#79 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 41 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 42nd percentile nationally and #2 of 4 in Ohio.

clean-air score
41
Some Fun
National rank
T#79 of 134
In Ohio
#2 of 4
Percentile
42nd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Columbus sits 9 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 Columbus

  1. #77 Stockton, CA 43
  2. #78 Fort Wayne, IN 42
  3. T#79 Columbus, OH — this page 41
  4. #81 Colorado Springs, CO 40
  5. #82 New Orleans, LA 39

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 Columbus

Columbus scores 60 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: