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Air quality in Milwaukee

Milwaukee ranks #102 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 24 — Quiet. That puts it in the 25th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Wisconsin.

clean-air score
24
Quiet
National rank
#102 of 134
In Wisconsin
#2 of 2
Percentile
25th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Milwaukee sits 26 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 Milwaukee

  1. T#98 Toledo, OH 26
  2. #101 Fresno, CA 25
  3. #102 Milwaukee, WI — this page 24
  4. T#103 Charleston, WV 23
  5. T#103 Riverside, CA 23

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 Milwaukee

Milwaukee scores 70 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: