Winston-Salem, NC · the CityFunIndex

Air quality in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem ranks T#39 of 134 US cities for clean air, with a clean-air score of 71Very Fun. That puts it in the 72nd percentile nationally and T#2 of 6 in North Carolina.

clean-air score
71
Very Fun
National rank
T#39 of 134
In North Carolina
T#2 of 6
Percentile
72nd

The typical city scores 50 for clean air; Winston-Salem sits 21 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).

Ranked around Winston-Salem

  1. #37 Portland, OR 73
  2. #38 St. Petersburg, FL 72
  3. T#39 Winston-Salem, NC — this page 71
  4. #41 Wilmington, DE 70
  5. T#42 Chesapeake, VA 68

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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 Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem scores 32 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: