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Air quality in Providence

Providence ranks #25 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 82 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 82nd percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Rhode Island.

clean-air score
82
Very Fun
National rank
#25 of 134
In Rhode Island
#1 of 1
Percentile
82nd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Providence sits 32 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 Providence

  1. T#23 Manchester, NH 83
  2. T#23 Santa Barbara, CA 83
  3. #25 Providence, RI — this page 82
  4. #26 Memphis, TN 81
  5. T#27 Anaheim, CA 80

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 Providence

Providence scores 78 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: