Texas Air Quality by City

Texas has 46 cities with an air-quality page, from Houston (6,227,666 people) on down. Each page leads with the live AQI, the main pollutant driving it, and a go/no-go for outdoor exercise on the EPA scale.

Cities in Texas

46 cities with an air-quality page, largest first

City	Typical AQI (county median, 2025)	Population
Houston	62 Moderate	6,227,666
Dallas	53 Moderate	5,968,322
San Antonio	52 Moderate	2,096,390
Austin	53 Moderate	1,940,039
Fort Worth	56 Moderate	963,194
El Paso	70 Moderate	866,309
McAllen	52 Moderate	820,752
Denton	47 Good	464,461
Arlington	56 Moderate	397,742
Corpus Christi	53 Moderate	341,912
Plano	40 Good	290,594
Lubbock	24 Good	283,565
Killeen	45 Good	264,379
Laredo	51 Moderate	257,619
Irving	53 Moderate	256,492
Garland	53 Moderate	246,844
Brownsville	57 Moderate	223,205
College Station	40 Good	219,936
Frisco	40 Good	219,304
McKinney	40 Good	210,600
Amarillo	16 Good	205,856
Grand Prairie	53 Moderate	201,883
Galveston	45 Good	199,112
Waco	51 Moderate	193,768
Odessa	39 Good	160,628
Pasadena	62 Moderate	149,433
Mesquite	53 Moderate	149,299
Midland	No EPA monitor	148,848
Beaumont	51 Moderate	146,974
Tyler	35 Good	134,739
Carrollton	53 Moderate	133,740
Lewisville	47 Good	131,080
Temple	45 Good	129,969
Abilene	No EPA monitor	128,053
Round Rock	No EPA monitor	127,786
Pearland	35 Good	127,514
Del Rio	No EPA monitor	34,668
Eagle Pass	42 Good	28,339
Katy	No EPA monitor	25,184
Buda	No EPA monitor	15,859
Hereford	No EPA monitor	14,840
Dalhart	No EPA monitor	7,902
La Feria	57 Moderate	6,891
Mexia	No EPA monitor	6,859
Port Aransas	53 Moderate	3,268
Mountain City	No EPA monitor	787

Our dataset lists 1,836 places in Texas; the 46 above have a page. For a smaller town, the nearest city above is the closest match.