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Air quality & tree cover in Colorado

Today's air quality (AQI) and satellite-measured tree cover for Colorado's cities, each over the same 1.2 mi (2 km) around its center.

Right now, Pueblo has the cleanest air of the 11 Colorado cities we track (AQI 31, Good), and Thornton the worst (AQI 63, Moderate). Fort Collins has the most tree cover, at 47.9% — #42 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
11
Average tree cover
28.8%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
ThorntonAQI 63

Air quality today and tree cover across Colorado

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Colorado
Denver47Good22.7%22.9K#153 of 270
Colorado Springs38Good28.1%6.0K#126 of 270
Aurora59Moderate28.3%5.3K#124 of 270
Fort Collins39Good47.9%—#42 of 270
Lakewood45Good34.0%—#101 of 270
Thornton63Moderate19.5%32.9K#173 of 270
Arvada39Good30.5%—#119 of 270
Centennial59Moderate26.2%11.9K#136 of 270
Pueblo31Good19.1%33.8K#176 of 270
Greeley49Good20.9%28.3K#164 of 270
Boulder39Good39.5%—#79 of 270

Air quality is the US AQI from Open-Meteo / CAMS, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 1.2 mi (2 km) of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery. The US greenness rank covers cities of 100,000+ people; see the full ranking.

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