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Air quality & tree cover in North Carolina

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

Right now, Charlotte has the cleanest air of the 9 North Carolina cities we track (AQI 30, Good), and Fayetteville the worst (AQI 37, Good). Cary has the most tree cover, at 74.0% — #2 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
9
Average tree cover
52.8%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
FayettevilleAQI 37

Air quality today and tree cover across North Carolina

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in North Carolina
Charlotte30Good35.8%—#93 of 270
Raleigh36Good50.0%—#35 of 270
Greensboro33Good54.4%—#23 of 270
Durham35Good53.5%—#28 of 270
Winston-Salem31Good49.0%—#37 of 270
Fayetteville37Good53.9%—#26 of 270
Cary36Good74.0%—#2 of 270
Wilmington32Good49.6%—#36 of 270
High Point32Good55.2%—#21 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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