Metro area air quality · 2025
Lynchburg, VA
Median AQI 30 (Good). 85.2% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 30
- Median AQI
- 85.2%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 78%
- Cleaner than US metros
Lynchburg, VA posted a 2025 median AQI of 30 (Good) with 85.2% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Lynchburg, VA CBSA recorded a median AQI of 30 across 108 monitored days in 2025, with 85.2% 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 Lynchburg, VA CBSA's 85.2% Good-day share places it cleaner than 78% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Cookeville, TN (90.0% Good, median AQI 30) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Lynchburg, VA.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Lynchburg, VA's Good-day share moved -4.8 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +2).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 30
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 108 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
The Lynchburg, VA metro runs good on the EPA scale, cleaner than most US metros, a median AQI of 30 with 85.2% of 108 monitored days in the Good band.
- 30
- median AQI · Good
- 85.2%
- days rated Good
- 78%
- cleaner than US metros
- 69
- 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
- Lynchburg, VA metro's Good-day share fell from 86.4% to 85.2% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1.3 percentage points.
Insights: Lynchburg, VA metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 30 over 108 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Good metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 92 Good days (85%), 16 Moderate (15%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 53 while the highest single-day reading hit 69 (Moderate). Metro residents averaged roughly 25.6 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 -4.8 points and the median AQI moved +2 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as worsening. The metro recorded no Unhealthy-tier days in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Cookeville, TN (90.0% good, AQI 30); Athens, OH (83.4% good, AQI 31); Bellingham, WA (94.0% good, AQI 31).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
30
Good
Good Days
85.2%
92 of 108 days
Max AQI
69
Moderate
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 53
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 108 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
92
85%
Moderate
16
15%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Lynchburg, VA metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 85.2% 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 Lynchburg, VA metro compare?
How Lynchburg, VA compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Lynchburg, VA metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (90.0%, 99 of 110 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 59 |
| 2021 | 98 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 92 |
| 2022 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 60 |
| 2023 | 93 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 135 |
| 2024 | 102 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 61 |
| 2025 | 92 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 69 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Lynchburg, VA (30).
Cookeville, TN
Median AQI 30 · 90.0% Good-day share
Athens, OH
Median AQI 31 · 83.4% Good-day share
Bellingham, WA
Median AQI 31 · 94.0% Good-day share
Clearlake, CA
Median AQI 31 · 99.2% Good-day share
Coeur d'Alene, ID
Median AQI 31 · 77.8% Good-day share
Moscow, ID
Median AQI 31 · 83.4% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Lynchburg, VA's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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, OR
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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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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