Worst Air Quality in California

Top 100 cities ranked by worst air quality

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Worst Air Quality - California

1 Mecca AQI 87
2 Desert Hot Springs AQI 87
3 Rancho Mirage AQI 87
4 Bermuda Dunes AQI 87
5 Beaumont AQI 87
6 La Quinta AQI 87
7 Yucca Valley AQI 87
8 Palm Desert AQI 87
9 Big Bear City AQI 87
10 Desert Palms AQI 87
11 Apple Valley AQI 87
12 Big Bear Lake AQI 87
13 Cathedral City AQI 87
14 Banning AQI 87
15 Twentynine Palms AQI 87
16 Fort Irwin AQI 87
17 Palm Springs AQI 87
18 Joshua Tree AQI 87
19 Garnet AQI 87
20 Lucerne Valley AQI 87
21 Cherry Valley AQI 87
22 Coachella AQI 87
23 Thousand Palms AQI 87
24 Indio AQI 87
25 Barstow AQI 87
26 La Cañada Flintridge AQI 80
27 Valinda AQI 80
28 Lennox AQI 80
29 Adelanto AQI 80
30 Lomita AQI 80
31 Hermosa Beach AQI 80
32 La Puente AQI 80
33 Gardena AQI 80
34 La Crescenta-Montrose AQI 80
35 Westmont AQI 80
36 Maywood AQI 80
37 Santa Clarita AQI 80
38 Phelan AQI 80
39 Willowbrook AQI 80
40 Bell Gardens AQI 80
41 West Hollywood AQI 80
42 Glendale AQI 80
43 La Verne AQI 80
44 Temple City AQI 80
45 South Pasadena AQI 80
46 East San Gabriel AQI 80
47 Lancaster AQI 80
48 Pico Rivera AQI 80
49 Glendora AQI 80
50 Covina AQI 80
51 Florence-Graham AQI 80
52 Azusa AQI 80
53 Torrance AQI 80
54 West Rancho Dominguez AQI 80
55 San Gabriel AQI 80
56 Rancho Palos Verdes AQI 80
57 Pasadena AQI 80
58 Victorville AQI 80
59 San Dimas AQI 80
60 Simi Valley AQI 80
61 Thousand Oaks AQI 80
62 Cudahy AQI 80
63 South San Jose Hills AQI 80
64 Baldwin Park AQI 80
65 Beverly Hills AQI 80
66 East Los Angeles AQI 80
67 Castaic AQI 80
68 Downey AQI 80
69 West Puente Valley AQI 80
70 West Covina AQI 80
71 Huntington Park AQI 80
72 Burbank AQI 80
73 Duarte AQI 80
74 West Whittier-Los Nietos AQI 80
75 Alhambra AQI 80
76 Lawndale AQI 80
77 Bellflower AQI 80
78 Norwalk AQI 80
79 Hesperia AQI 80
80 Montebello AQI 80
81 Moorpark AQI 80
82 Altadena AQI 80
83 Compton AQI 80
84 Carson AQI 80
85 San Fernando AQI 80
86 South Gate AQI 80
87 Culver City AQI 80
88 Santa Monica AQI 80
89 Rosamond AQI 80
90 Monrovia AQI 80
91 Stevenson Ranch AQI 80
92 Rosemead AQI 80
93 Lynwood AQI 80
94 Agoura Hills AQI 80
95 Monterey Park AQI 80
96 Hawthorne AQI 80
97 Whittier AQI 80
98 Manhattan Beach AQI 80
99 Redondo Beach AQI 80
100 Bell AQI 80

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by worst air quality in California.

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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