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Air quality in Tucson

Tucson ranks #119 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 13 — Quiet. That puts it in the 12th percentile nationally and #5 of 8 in Arizona.

clean-air score
13
Quiet
National rank
#119 of 134
In Arizona
#5 of 8
Percentile
12th

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Tucson sits 37 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 Tucson

  1. T#116 Minneapolis, MN 14
  2. T#116 Saint Paul, MN 14
  3. #119 Tucson, AZ — this page 13
  4. T#120 Aurora, CO 12
  5. T#120 Boulder, CO 12

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 Tucson

Tucson scores 47 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: