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Air quality in Newark

Newark ranks T#52 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 61 — Fun. That puts it in the 62nd percentile nationally and T#1 of 2 in New Jersey.

clean-air score
61
Fun
National rank
T#52 of 134
In New Jersey
T#1 of 2
Percentile
62nd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Newark sits 11 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 Newark

  1. #50 Baton Rouge, LA 63
  2. #51 Buffalo, NY 62
  3. T#52 Newark, NJ — this page 61
  4. T#56 Louisville, KY 58
  5. T#56 Raleigh, NC 58

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 Newark

Newark scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: