Metro area air quality · 2025
Moscow, ID
Median AQI 31 (Good). 83.4% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 31
- Median AQI
- 83.4%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 74%
- Cleaner than US metros
Moscow, ID posted a 2025 median AQI of 31 (Good) with 83.4% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Moscow, ID CBSA recorded a median AQI of 31 across 338 monitored days in 2025, with 83.4% 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 Moscow, ID CBSA's 83.4% Good-day share places it cleaner than 74% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Athens, OH (83.4% Good, median AQI 31) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Moscow, ID.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Moscow, ID's Good-day share moved -6.2 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +10).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 31
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 338 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Moscow, ID sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (83.4% of 338 monitored days). On the EPA scale the metro runs good, cleaner than the median US metro, with a median AQI of 31 and 83.4% of 338 monitored days in the Good band.
- 31
- median AQI · Good
- 83.4%
- days rated Good
- 74%
- cleaner than US metros
- 107
- 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
- Moscow, ID metro's Good-day share rose from 81.4% to 83.7% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +2.3 percentage points.
- Moscow, ID metro's median AQI rose from 27 to 31 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +4 points.
- Moscow, ID metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 117 to 107 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -10 points.
Moscow, ID sits in the upper Good-day tercile among EPA CBSA metros on this site (83.4% of 338 monitored days). Signature read: 83.4% 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 31 over 338 measured days in 2025 (Good / Good). The monitored-day split lands at 282 Good (83%), 55 Moderate (16%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 57; the highest single-day reading hit 107 (USG).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -6.2 points and median AQI moved +10 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Athens, OH (83.4% good, AQI 31); Bellingham, WA (94.0% good, AQI 31); Clearlake, CA (99.2% good, AQI 31).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
31
Good
Good Days
83.4%
282 of 338 days
Max AQI
107
USG
Health Grade
Good
90th pct: 57
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 338 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
282
83%
Moderate
55
16%
USG
1
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Moscow, ID metro area's air quality is rated Good based on 83.4% 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 Moscow, ID metro compare?
How Moscow, ID compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Moscow, ID metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (89.9%, 319 of 355 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 319 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 415 |
| 2021 | 309 | 41 | 5 | 20 | 195 |
| 2022 | 312 | 44 | 4 | 13 | 192 |
| 2023 | 320 | 38 | 1 | 22 | 183 |
| 2024 | 297 | 68 | 0 | 27 | 117 |
| 2025 | 282 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 107 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Moscow, ID (31).
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
Cookeville, TN
Median AQI 30 · 90.0% Good-day share
Crescent City, CA
Median AQI 32 · 81.8% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Moscow, ID'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 for Moscow, ID, 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, Moscow, ID · 2020–2025