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Air quality in Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks T#98 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 26 — Quiet. That puts it in the 28th percentile nationally and #2 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

clean-air score
26
Quiet
National rank
T#98 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#2 of 2
Percentile
28th

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

  1. T#95 Sedona, AZ 29
  2. #97 Kansas City, MO 28
  3. T#98 Philadelphia, PA — this page 26
  4. #101 Fresno, CA 25
  5. #102 Milwaukee, WI 24

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 Philadelphia

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