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Air quality & tree cover in South Carolina

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

Right now, Columbia has the cleanest air of the 3 South Carolina cities we track (AQI 34, Good), and North Charleston the worst (AQI 34, Good). North Charleston has the most tree cover, at 40.4% — #75 of 270 large US cities.

Places tracked
3
Average tree cover
33.9%US cities: 29.4%
Worst air right now
North CharlestonAQI 34

Air quality today and tree cover across South Carolina

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in South Carolina
Columbia34Good36.3%—#89 of 270
Charleston34Good25.0%7.1K#140 of 270
North Charleston34Good40.4%—#75 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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