Metro area air quality · 2025
Dodge City, KS
Median AQI 28 (Good). 89.8% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 28
- Median AQI
- 89.8%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 86%
- Cleaner than US metros
Dodge City, KS posted a 2025 median AQI of 28 (Good) with 89.8% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Dodge City, KS CBSA recorded a median AQI of 28 across 362 monitored days in 2025, with 89.8% rated Good and 0 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 Dodge City, KS CBSA's 89.8% Good-day share places it cleaner than 86% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Butte-Silver Bow, MT (84.9% Good, median AQI 28) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Dodge City, KS.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Dodge City, KS's Good-day share moved -8.3 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +17).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 28
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 362 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Dodge City, KS sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (89.8% of 362 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than most US metros, with a median AQI of 28 and 89.8% of 362 monitored days in the Good band.
- 28
- median AQI · Good
- 89.8%
- days rated Good
- 86%
- cleaner than US metros
- 115
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Dodge City, KS metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 80 to 115 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +35 points.
- Dodge City, KS metro's Good-day share rose from 86.6% to 90.0% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +3.4 percentage points.
Dodge City, KS sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (89.8% of 362 monitored days). Signature read: 89.8% 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 28 over 362 measured days in 2025 (Good / Good). The monitored-day split lands at 325 Good (90%), 36 Moderate (10%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 51; the highest single-day reading hit 115 (USG).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -8.3 points and median AQI moved +17 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Butte-Silver Bow, MT (84.9% good, AQI 28); Moses Lake, WA (79.7% good, AQI 28); Prineville, OR (72.9% good, AQI 28).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
28
Good
Good Days
89.8%
325 of 362 days
Max AQI
115
USG
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 51
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 362 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
325
90%
Moderate
36
10%
USG
1
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Dodge City, KS metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 89.8% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.
Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.
How does the Dodge City, KS metro compare?
How Dodge City, KS compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Dodge City, KS metro. Highest Good-day share: 2021 (98.6%, 353 of 358 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 297 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 79 |
| 2021 | 353 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 80 |
| 2022 | 339 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 169 |
| 2023 | 289 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 147 |
| 2024 | 317 | 49 | 0 | 26 | 80 |
| 2025 | 325 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 115 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Dodge City, KS (28).
Butte-Silver Bow, MT
Median AQI 28 · 84.9% Good-day share
Moses Lake, WA
Median AQI 28 · 79.7% Good-day share
Prineville, OR
Median AQI 28 · 72.9% Good-day share
Aberdeen, SD
Median AQI 27 · 83.6% Good-day share
Albany, OR
Median AQI 27 · 80.0% Good-day share
Anchorage, AK
Median AQI 27 · 77.5% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Dodge City, KS's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, WA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22
Adrian, MI
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Akron, OH
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Albany, GA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Alexandria, LA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 37
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Dodge City, KS, 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, Dodge City, KS · 2020–2025