Worst Air Quality in Arizona

Top 90 cities ranked by worst air quality

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Worst Air Quality - Arizona

1 Sun City West AQI 77
2 Catalina Foothills AQI 77
3 Litchfield Park AQI 77
4 Catalina AQI 77
5 Youngtown AQI 77
6 Apache Junction AQI 77
7 Sun City AQI 77
8 Tolleson AQI 77
9 El Mirage AQI 77
10 Wickenburg AQI 77
11 Arizona City AQI 77
12 Oro Valley AQI 77
13 Florence AQI 77
14 Fountain Hills AQI 77
15 Anthem AQI 77
16 Gold Canyon AQI 77
17 Saddlebrooke AQI 77
18 Paradise Valley AQI 77
19 New River AQI 77
20 Eloy AQI 77
21 Sun Lakes AQI 77
22 Coolidge AQI 77
23 Buckeye AQI 77
24 Chandler AQI 77
25 Gilbert AQI 77
26 Glendale AQI 77
27 Scottsdale AQI 77
28 Peoria AQI 77
29 Tempe AQI 77
30 Surprise AQI 77
31 San Tan Valley AQI 77
32 Goodyear AQI 77
33 Marana AQI 77
34 Cave Creek AQI 77
35 Avondale AQI 77
36 Citrus Park AQI 77
37 Casas Adobes AQI 77
38 Queen Creek AQI 77
39 Maricopa AQI 77
40 Guadalupe AQI 77
41 Casa Grande AQI 77
42 Mesa AQI 77
43 Phoenix AQI 77
44 Tucson Mountains AQI 56
45 Valencia West AQI 56
46 Tucson Estates AQI 56
47 Picture Rocks AQI 56
48 Three Points AQI 56
49 Avra Valley AQI 56
50 Drexel Heights AQI 56
51 Flowing Wells AQI 56
52 Globe AQI 50
53 Payson AQI 50
54 Show Low AQI 50
55 Douglas AQI 48
56 Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) AQI 47
57 Williamson AQI 47
58 Fortuna Foothills AQI 47
59 Sedona AQI 47
60 Camp Verde AQI 47
61 Prescott Valley AQI 47
62 Prescott AQI 47
63 Verde Village AQI 47
64 Chino Valley AQI 47
65 Lake Havasu City AQI 47
66 San Luis AQI 47
67 Somerton AQI 47
68 Yuma AQI 47
69 Tuba City AQI 46
70 Doney Park AQI 46
71 Flagstaff AQI 46
72 Tanque Verde AQI 43
73 Rincon Valley AQI 43
74 Benson AQI 43
75 Sierra Vista AQI 43
76 Tucson AQI 43
77 Sahuarita AQI 43
78 Corona de Tucson AQI 43
79 Rio Rico AQI 43
80 Green Valley AQI 43
81 Nogales AQI 43
82 Sierra Vista Southeast AQI 43
83 Vail AQI 43
84 Bullhead City AQI 19
85 Golden Valley AQI 19
86 Kingman AQI 19
87 New Kingman-Butler AQI 19
88 Fort Mohave AQI 19
89 Snowflake AQI 13
90 Winslow AQI 13

Explore the top 90 cities ranked by worst air quality in Arizona.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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