Cleanest Air Right Now by City, Honolulu, Hawaii Leads (2026)

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The air quality index at this moment, straight from the tape.

By The Honest Local · 105 cities · every value links to its public source

16Honolulu, Hawaii leads with the lowest air right now of 105 big citiesThe air quality index at this moment, straight from the tape.

Diamond Head and Waikiki Beach seen from under the red umbrellas of a beachfront bar in Honolulu — **Honolulu, Hawaii**, No. 1 lowest of 105. Waikiki from a beach bar, Diamond Head at the end of the sand.

The top five cities AQI right now

No. 1Honolulu, Hawaii16AQI right now
No. 2Minneapolis, Minnesota24AQI right now
No. 3Madison, Wisconsin24AQI right now
No. 4Des Moines, Iowa26AQI right now
No. 5Milwaukee, Wisconsin27AQI right now

Cleanest Air Right Now by City on the map

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How the air is right now, cleanest first.

Cleanest Air Right Now by City, all 105

The full ranking AQI right now

	Place	AQI right now
1	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	16
2	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	24
3	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	24
4	Des Moines, Iowa	26
5	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	27
6	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	28
7	Spokane, Washington	28
8	Portland, Maine	30
9	Albany, New York	31
10	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	31
11	Vancouver, Washington	34
12	Miami, Floridabig city	34
13	Syracuse, New York	34
14	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	35
15	Providence, Rhode Island	35
16	Bridgeport, Connecticut	35
17	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	35
18	Charleston, South Carolina	35
19	Akron, Ohio	36
20	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	36
21	Orlando, Floridabig city	36
22	Lakeland, Florida	37
23	Melbourne, Florida	37
24	Cape Coral, Florida	37
25	Oxnard, California	38
26	McAllen, Texas	38
27	New Haven, Connecticut	38
28	Worcester, Massachusetts	38
29	Sarasota, Florida	38
30	Grand Rapids, Michigan	39
31	Portland, Oregonbig city	39
32	Denver, Coloradobig city	39
33	Daytona Beach, Florida	40
34	Ogden, Utah	41
35	Savannah, Georgia	41
36	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	42
37	Sacramento, Californiabig city	42
38	Austin, Texasbig city	42
39	Provo, Utah	42
40	Detroit, Michiganbig city	42
41	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	43
42	Allentown, Pennsylvania	43
43	Richmond, Virginia	44
44	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	44
45	Tampa, Floridabig city	44
46	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	44
47	San Antonio, Texasbig city	44
48	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	44
49	Boise, Idaho	44
50	Salt Lake City, Utah	44
51	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	45
52	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	45
53	Poughkeepsie, New York	46
54	Stockton, Californiabig city	46
55	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	46
56	Tucson, Arizonabig city	46
57	Augusta, Georgia	46
58	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	46
59	San Francisco, Californiabig city	47
60	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	47
61	Hartford, Connecticut	48
62	San Diego, Californiabig city	49
63	San Jose, Californiabig city	51
64	Toledo, Ohiobig city	52
65	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	52
66	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	52
67	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	52
68	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	52
69	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	53
70	Columbus, Ohiobig city	53
71	Asheville, North Carolina	53
72	Dayton, Ohio	54
73	Houston, Texasbig city	55
74	Fresno, Californiabig city	55
75	El Paso, Texasbig city	57
76	Jackson, Mississippi	58
77	Fayetteville, Arkansas	59
78	Reno, Nevadabig city	61
79	Columbia, South Carolina	61
80	New York, New Yorkbig city	61
81	Wichita, Kansasbig city	61
82	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	61
83	Kansas City, Missouribig city	62
84	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	62
85	Chattanooga, Tennessee	64
86	Little Rock, Arkansas	65
87	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	65
88	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	67
89	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	67
90	Birmingham, Alabama	74
91	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	74
92	Huntsville, AL	77
93	Knoxville, Tennessee	77
94	Durham, North Carolinabig city	80
95	Riverside, Californiabig city	84
96	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	87
97	St. Louis, Missouribig city	93
98	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	97
99	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	100
100	Dallas, Texasbig city	112
101	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	122
102	Charlotte, NCbig city	129
103	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	129
104	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	129
105	Greenville, SC	129

Sources and method

AirNow · 09/17/26

How we got this. Right now air is the EPA's Air Quality Index for each city's reporting area, from AirNow's public feed, refreshed every hour. Cities rank from cleanest to dirtiest at this moment. There's no state list here, since a whole state's current air isn't one honest number and we won't invent one. It refreshes every hour.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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