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Air quality in Memphis

Memphis ranks #26 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 81 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 81st percentile nationally and #2 of 3 in Tennessee.

clean-air score
81
Very Fun
National rank
#26 of 134
In Tennessee
#2 of 3
Percentile
81st

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Memphis sits 31 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 Memphis

  1. T#23 Santa Barbara, CA 83
  2. #25 Providence, RI 82
  3. #26 Memphis, TN — this page 81
  4. T#27 Anaheim, CA 80
  5. T#27 Boston, MA 80

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 Memphis

Memphis scores 14 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: