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Air quality in Lincoln

Lincoln ranks T#15 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 89 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 90th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Nebraska.

clean-air score
89
Exceptional
National rank
T#15 of 134
In Nebraska
#1 of 2
Percentile
90th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Lincoln sits 39 points above 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 Lincoln

  1. #13 Billings, MT 91
  2. #14 Richmond, VA 90
  3. T#15 Lincoln, NE — this page 89
  4. #17 Sacramento, CA 88
  5. #18 San Francisco, CA 87

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 Lincoln

Lincoln scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: