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Air quality in Madison

Madison ranks T#62 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 54 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Wisconsin.

clean-air score
54
Fun
National rank
T#62 of 134
In Wisconsin
#1 of 2
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Madison sits 4 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 Madison

  1. T#59 Durham, NC 56
  2. #61 Tulsa, OK 55
  3. T#62 Madison, WI — this page 54
  4. T#64 Cleveland, OH 50
  5. T#64 Corpus Christi, TX 50

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 Madison

Madison scores 97 overall (Exceptional) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: