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Air quality & tree cover in New York

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

Right now, Syracuse has the cleanest air of the 6 New York cities we track (AQI 32, Good), and Yonkers the worst (AQI 41, Good). Yonkers has the most tree cover, at 51.5% — #34 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
12
Average tree cover
37.5%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
YonkersAQI 41

Air quality today and tree cover across New York

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in New York
New York41Good16.2%22.4K#190 of 270
Brooklyn41Good25.3%14.6K—
Queens41Good19.5%33.0K—
Manhattan41Good42.1%——
The Bronx41Good33.7%——
Staten Island40Good60.1%——
Buffalo36Good36.4%—#87 of 270
Rochester36Good44.4%—#52 of 270
Yonkers41Good51.5%—#34 of 270
Syracuse32Good34.9%—#94 of 270
Amherst36Good65.6%——
Albany34Good41.4%—#70 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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