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Air quality & tree cover in New Jersey

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

Right now, Elizabeth has the cleanest air of the 3 New Jersey cities we track (AQI 40, Good), and Paterson the worst (AQI 41, Good). Paterson has the most tree cover, at 29.4% — #121 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
4
Average tree cover
23.2%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
PatersonAQI 41

Air quality today and tree cover across New Jersey

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in New Jersey
Newark41Good17.7%37.1K#184 of 270
Paterson41Good29.4%1.9K#121 of 270
Elizabeth40Good22.5%23.5K#155 of 270
Edison41Good53.8%——

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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