Metro area air quality · 2025
Grants Pass, OR
Median AQI 33 (Good). 68.2% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 33
- Median AQI
- 68.2%
- Good-air days
- 2
- Unhealthy days
- 41%
- Cleaner than US metros
Grants Pass, OR posted a 2025 median AQI of 33 (Good) with 68.2% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Grants Pass, OR CBSA recorded a median AQI of 33 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 68.2% rated Good and 2 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 Grants Pass, OR CBSA's 68.2% Good-day share places it cleaner than 41% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Bangor, ME (84.2% Good, median AQI 33) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Grants Pass, OR.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Grants Pass, OR's Good-day share moved +5.1 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI -2).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 33
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Grants Pass, OR metro runs good on the EPA scale, more polluted than the median US metro, a median AQI of 33 with 68.2% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 33
- median AQI · Good
- 68.2%
- days rated Good
- 41%
- cleaner than US metros
- 208
- worst single reading
2 days reached Unhealthy or worse across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Grants Pass, OR metro's Good-day share fell from 79.3% to 69.6% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -9.8 percentage points.
- Grants Pass, OR metro's peak single-day AQI rose from 146 to 208 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +62 points.
- Grants Pass, OR metro's median AQI rose from 29 to 33 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +4 points.
- Grants Pass, OR metro's Unhealthy-category days rose from 0 to 1 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +1 days.
Insights: Grants Pass, OR metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 33 over 365 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Moderate metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 249 Good days (68%), 108 Moderate (30%), and 6 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (2%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 67 while the highest single-day reading hit 208 (Very Unhealthy). Metro residents averaged roughly 20.5 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.
Across the 2020–2025 trend window, the share of monitored days rated Good shifted by +5.1 points and the median AQI moved -2 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as improving. The annual record contains 2 days at Unhealthy or worse. On those days, the EPA recommends that sensitive groups limit prolonged outdoor exertion. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bangor, ME (84.2% good, AQI 33); Clarksburg, WV (72.4% good, AQI 33); Lawrenceburg, TN (81.5% good, AQI 33).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
33
Good
Good Days
68.2%
249 of 365 days
Max AQI
208
Very Unhealthy
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 67
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
249
68%
Moderate
108
30%
USG
6
2%
Unhealthy
1
0%
Very Unhealthy
1
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Grants Pass, OR metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 68.2% good air days. There were 2 unhealthy days in 2025 when outdoor activity should be limited.
Air quality reached unhealthy levels on 2 days in 2025 (1 Unhealthy, 1 Very Unhealthy). Sensitive groups, including people with asthma, COPD, cardiovascular conditions, children, and adults over 65, should review the daily breakdown and follow local advisories.
Sensitive group advisory
People with asthma, COPD, heart disease, children, pregnant women, and adults 65+ should follow EPA AQI alerts daily and limit outdoor exertion when AQI exceeds 100. Real-time conditions: airnow.gov.
How does the Grants Pass, OR metro compare?
How Grants Pass, OR compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is improving in the Grants Pass, OR metro. Highest Good-day share: 2024 (79.3%, 284 of 358 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 228 | 112 | 14 | 35 | 763 |
| 2021 | 240 | 106 | 9 | 36 | 188 |
| 2022 | 208 | 142 | 6 | 39 | 252 |
| 2023 | 205 | 129 | 11 | 44 | 872 |
| 2024 | 284 | 74 | 0 | 29 | 146 |
| 2025 | 249 | 108 | 1 | 33 | 208 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Grants Pass, OR (33).
Bangor, ME
Median AQI 33 · 84.2% Good-day share
Clarksburg, WV
Median AQI 33 · 72.4% Good-day share
Lawrenceburg, TN
Median AQI 33 · 81.5% Good-day share
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Median AQI 33 · 78.1% Good-day share
Rockland, ME
Median AQI 33 · 97.8% Good-day share
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
Median AQI 33 · 99.2% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Grants Pass, OR's 2 (independent of median AQI).
Ardmore, OK
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 44
Chattanooga, TN-GA
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 49
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 56
Columbus, GA-AL
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 48
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
2 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset, 2020–2025. 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 files (metro-level) · 2020–2025
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