New Orleans, LA · the CityFunIndex
Air quality in New Orleans
New Orleans ranks #82 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 39 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 40th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Louisiana.
- clean-air score
- 39
- Some Fun
- National rank
- #82 of 134
- In Louisiana
- #2 of 2
- Percentile
- 40th
The typical city scores 50 for clean air; New Orleans sits 11 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 New Orleans
- T#79 Omaha, NE 41
- #81 Colorado Springs, CO 40
- #82 New Orleans, LA — this page 39
- T#83 Cincinnati, OH 38
- T#83 Tampa, FL 38
Top US cities for clean air
More about New Orleans
New Orleans scores 64 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: