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Historic plateau town near 6,400 feet at the foot of the Sangre de Cristos, with a large stock of inns.
71% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 1.6 µg/m³ here vs 5.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.6/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 5.6/22 × 7 = 1.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
4 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than El Paso right now
#19Santa FeLow smoke · AQI 9~5 h 45 min drivesaves 1.2 cigs/wk
New Mexico· PM2.5 1.7 µg/m³
High-elevation capital with a deep hotel base and air conditions that can differ sharply from Albuquerque.
70% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 1.7 µg/m³ here vs 5.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.7/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 5.6/22 × 7 = 1.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
3.9 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than El Paso right now
Red-rock high-desert village near 6,000 feet on the Rio Chama, remote from urban air sources.
66% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 1.9 µg/m³ here vs 5.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.9/22 × 7 = 0.6 here; 5.6/22 × 7 = 1.8 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
3.7 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than El Paso right now
Why live rankings? Smoke plumes are patchy and shift with the wind, so no direction is reliably cleaner. This list is recalculated from live PM2.5 every hour — and if everything nearby is smoky, it says so.