Denver, CO · the CityFunIndex
Air quality in Denver
Denver ranks T#120 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 12 — Quiet. That puts it in the 11th percentile nationally and T#4 of 6 in Colorado.
- clean-air score
- 12
- Quiet
- National rank
- T#120 of 134
- In Colorado
- T#4 of 6
- Percentile
- 11th
The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Denver sits 38 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 Denver
- T#116 Saint Paul, MN 14
- #119 Tucson, AZ 13
- T#120 Denver, CO — this page 12
- T#123 Detroit, MI 11
- T#123 Henderson, NV 11
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More about Denver
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