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#1Park CityLow smoke · AQI 46~1 h 20 min drivesaves 0.4 cigs/wk
Utah· PM2.5 8.2 µg/m³
High-elevation resort town near Salt Lake City with a large year-round lodging inventory.
About the same air — still smoky.
PM2.5 is 8.2 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 8.2/22 × 7 = 2.6 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
Swiss-styled village near Heber City with mineral hot springs, a quiet Wasatch-back mountain base.
About the same air — still smoky.
PM2.5 is 8.7 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
Heber Valley town near 5,600 feet between the Wasatch and Uinta ranges, with cool mountain-valley air.
About the same air — still smoky.
PM2.5 is 8.7 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
A major Utah city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
About the same air — still smoky.
PM2.5 is 8.7 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 8.7/22 × 7 = 2.8 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
#5Salt Lake CitySome particle pollution · AQI 55~45 min drive
Utah· PM2.5 11.2 µg/m³
A major Utah city with broad lodging options and live air-quality readings for comparison when smoke shifts across the region.
Worse air than home. Don't bother.
PM2.5 is 11.2 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 11.2/22 × 7 = 3.6 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
Cache Valley college city ringed by the Bear River Range, with a separate air reading from Salt Lake City.
Worse air than home. Don't bother.
PM2.5 is 11.2 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 11.2/22 × 7 = 3.6 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
Small red-rock town beside the San Juan River, remote from urban sources with inns and cabins.
86% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 1.3 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.3/22 × 7 = 0.4 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
8.3 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Ogden right now
Desert river town between Moab and Capitol Reef, a remote high-desert stopover with motels.
82% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 1.7 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 1.7/22 × 7 = 0.5 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
7.9 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Ogden right now
Remote plateau village near 6,700 feet between Capitol Reef and Bryce, a quiet high-desert base.
76% cleaner than home — pack the car.
PM2.5 is 2.3 µg/m³ here vs 9.6 back home.Berkeley Earth: 22 µg/m³ for 24 h ≈ 1 cigarette.A week at these levels: 2.3/22 × 7 = 0.7 here; 9.6/22 × 7 = 3.1 at home.A long-term health-risk equivalence, not literal smoking.See how we work it out →
7.3 µg/m³ less fine-particle pollution than Ogden 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.