Metro Areas With The Best Air Quality

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January2, 2021

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1. Urban Honolulu, HI

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 29

• Good days: 339

• Moderate days: 26

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 94

• Population: 980,080

2. Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 36

• Good days: 314

• Moderate days: 51

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 100

• Population: 708,009

3. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 36

• Good days: 328

• Moderate days: 36

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 1

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 108

• Population: 754,610

4. Syracuse, NY

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 37

• Good days: 337

• Moderate days: 28

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 77

• Population: 650,502

5. Rochester, NY

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 37

• Good days: 317

• Moderate days: 48

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 90

• Population: 1,071,082

6. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 37

• Good days: 322

• Moderate days: 43

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 92

• Population: 883,169

7. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 38

• Good days: 329

• Moderate days: 36

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 85

• Population: 555,485

8. Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 38

• Good days: 298

• Moderate days: 67

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 100

• Population: 1,069,405

9. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 38

• Good days: 285

• Moderate days: 77

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 3

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 128

• Population: 2,478,810

10. Madison, WI

• Median Air Quality Index for 2019: 39

• Good days: 285

• Moderate days: 80

• Unhealthy or hazardous days: 0

• Maximum Air Quality Index observed in 2019: 93

• Population: 660,422