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Air quality & tree cover in Iowa

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

Right now, Davenport has the cleanest air of the 3 Iowa cities we track (AQI 36, Good), and Des Moines the worst (AQI 49, Good). Cedar Rapids has the most tree cover, at 65.4% — #9 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
3
Average tree cover
49.7%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
Des MoinesAQI 49

Air quality today and tree cover across Iowa

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Iowa
Des Moines49Good43.0%—#57 of 270
Cedar Rapids41Good65.4%—#9 of 270
Davenport36Good40.6%—#74 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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