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Air quality in Oakland

Oakland ranks T#35 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 74 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 75th percentile nationally and #7 of 18 in California.

clean-air score
74
Very Fun
National rank
T#35 of 134
In California
#7 of 18
Percentile
75th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Oakland sits 24 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 Oakland

  1. #33 Jackson, WY 76
  2. #34 Portland, ME 75
  3. T#35 Oakland, CA — this page 74
  4. #37 Portland, OR 73
  5. #38 St. Petersburg, FL 72

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 Oakland

Oakland scores 61 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: