Metro area air quality · 2025
Bend-Redmond, OR
Median AQI 23 (Good). 89.3% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 23
- Median AQI
- 89.3%
- Good-air days
- 1
- Unhealthy days
- 85%
- Cleaner than US metros
Bend-Redmond, OR posted a 2025 median AQI of 23 (Good) with 89.3% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Bend-Redmond, OR CBSA recorded a median AQI of 23 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 89.3% rated Good and 1 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Bend-Redmond, OR CBSA's 89.3% Good-day share places it cleaner than 85% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Cañon City, CO (93.4% Good, median AQI 23) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Bend-Redmond, OR.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Bend-Redmond, OR's Good-day share moved +5.6 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +0).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 23
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Bend-Redmond, OR sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (89.3% of 365 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than most US metros, with a median AQI of 23 and 89.3% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 23
- median AQI · Good
- 89.3%
- days rated Good
- 85%
- cleaner than US metros
- 153
- worst single reading
1 day reached Unhealthy or worse across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Bend-Redmond, OR metro's Good-day share rose from 72.9% to 89.8% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +16.9 percentage points.
- Bend-Redmond, OR metro's Unhealthy-category days fell from 7 to 1 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -6 days.
- Bend-Redmond, OR metro's median AQI fell from 39 to 23 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -16 points.
- Bend-Redmond, OR metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 176 to 153 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -23 points.
Bend-Redmond, OR sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (89.3% of 365 monitored days). Signature read: 89.3% Good-day share (high tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 23 over 365 measured days in 2025 (Good / Good). The monitored-day split lands at 326 Good (89%), 36 Moderate (10%), and 2 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (1%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 52; the highest single-day reading hit 153 (Unhealthy).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted +5.6 points and median AQI moved +0 (improving). The annual record contains 1 day at Unhealthy or worse. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Cañon City, CO (93.4% good, AQI 23); Juneau, AK (84.3% good, AQI 23); Pullman, WA (86.8% good, AQI 23).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
23
Good
Good Days
89.3%
326 of 365 days
Max AQI
153
Unhealthy
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 52
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
326
89%
Moderate
36
10%
USG
2
1%
Unhealthy
1
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Bend-Redmond, OR metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 89.3% good air days. There were 1 unhealthy days in 2025 when outdoor activity should be limited.
Air quality is acceptable most days, but 2 days reached "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" and peak AQI reached 153. Sensitive groups should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov.
How does the Bend-Redmond, OR metro compare?
How Bend-Redmond, OR compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is improving in the Bend-Redmond, OR metro. Highest Good-day share: 2025 (89.8%, 326 of 363 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 298 | 54 | 2 | 23 | 1099 |
| 2021 | 298 | 47 | 7 | 25 | 403 |
| 2022 | 282 | 77 | 3 | 23 | 205 |
| 2023 | 273 | 66 | 9 | 28 | 413 |
| 2024 | 258 | 89 | 7 | 39 | 176 |
| 2025 | 326 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 153 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Bend-Redmond, OR (23).
Cañon City, CO
Median AQI 23 · 93.4% Good-day share
Juneau, AK
Median AQI 23 · 84.3% Good-day share
Pullman, WA
Median AQI 23 · 86.8% Good-day share
Shelton, WA
Median AQI 23 · 90.4% Good-day share
Aberdeen, WA
Median AQI 22 · 97.3% Good-day share
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
Median AQI 22 · 95.5% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Bend-Redmond, OR's 1 (independent of median AQI).
Ann Arbor, MI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Bangor, ME
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 33
Baraboo, WI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 35
Bartlesville, OK
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 44
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 52
Beaver Dam, WI
1 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 40
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Bend-Redmond, OR, 2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary, Bend-Redmond, OR · 2020–2025