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Air quality in Sacramento

Sacramento ranks #17 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 88 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 88th percentile nationally and #3 of 18 in California.

clean-air score
88
Exceptional
National rank
#17 of 134
In California
#3 of 18
Percentile
88th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Sacramento sits 38 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 Sacramento

  1. T#15 Fremont, CA 89
  2. T#15 Lincoln, NE 89
  3. #17 Sacramento, CA — this page 88
  4. #18 San Francisco, CA 87
  5. T#19 Hilton Head Island, SC 86

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 Sacramento

Sacramento scores 54 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: