Cities with the Cleanest Air in North Carolina
EPA Air Quality Index summaries for the city's county: typical AQI, bad-air days and the share of days with good air. Only counties with air monitors are ranked.
5 cities ranked in North Carolina (of 95 nationwide).
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Greensboro, NC Guilford County | 307,381 | 88.2 |
| 14 | Durham, NC Durham County | 301,870 | 85.1 |
| 17 | Raleigh, NC Wake County | 499,825 | 81.5 |
| 24 | Winston-Salem, NC Forsyth County | 255,769 | 73.7 |
| 34 | Charlotte, NC Mecklenburg County | 943,476 | 64.3 |