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Air quality in Houston

Houston ranks T#116 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 14 — Quiet. That puts it in the 14th percentile nationally and #8 of 13 in Texas.

clean-air score
14
Quiet
National rank
T#116 of 134
In Texas
#8 of 13
Percentile
14th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Houston sits 36 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 Houston

  1. T#113 Jacksonville, FL 16
  2. #115 Bismarck, ND 15
  3. T#116 Houston, TX — this page 14
  4. #119 Tucson, AZ 13
  5. T#120 Aurora, CO 12

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 Houston

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