Metro area air quality · 2025
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
Median AQI 50 (Good). 52.0% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 50
- Median AQI
- 52.0%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 15%
- Cleaner than US metros
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA posted a 2025 median AQI of 50 (Good) with 52.0% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA CBSA recorded a median AQI of 50 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 52.0% 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA CBSA's 52.0% Good-day share places it cleaner than 15% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Fort Collins, CO (50.7% Good, median AQI 50) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA's Good-day share moved -0.4 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +0).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 50
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA lands in the lower Good-day tercile (52.0% Good), a thinner clean-air share than most CBSA peers here. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, among the more polluted US metros, with a median AQI of 50 and 52.0% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 50
- median AQI · Good
- 52.0%
- days rated Good
- 15%
- cleaner than US metros
- 131
- 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
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 176 to 131 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -45 points.
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro's Good-day share fell from 54.3% to 53.2% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1.0 percentage points.
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro's Unhealthy-category days fell from 1 to 0 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1 days.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA lands in the lower Good-day tercile (52.0% Good), a thinner clean-air share than most CBSA peers here. Signature read: 52.0% Good-day share (low tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 50 over 365 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 190 Good (52%), 167 Moderate (46%), and 8 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (2%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 67; the highest single-day reading hit 131 (USG).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -0.4 points and median AQI moved +0 (stable). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Fort Collins, CO (50.7% good, AQI 50); Madera, CA (50.4% good, AQI 50); Merced, CA (51.0% good, AQI 50).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
50
Good
Good Days
52.0%
190 of 365 days
Max AQI
131
USG
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 67
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
190
52%
Moderate
167
46%
USG
8
2%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 52.0% 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro compare?
How Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is stable in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro. Highest Good-day share: 2023 (62.3%, 220 of 353 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 185 | 155 | 5 | 50 | 174 |
| 2021 | 157 | 198 | 0 | 53 | 122 |
| 2022 | 171 | 183 | 0 | 52 | 140 |
| 2023 | 220 | 133 | 0 | 46 | 136 |
| 2024 | 191 | 160 | 1 | 50 | 176 |
| 2025 | 190 | 167 | 0 | 50 | 131 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (50).
Fort Collins, CO
Median AQI 50 · 50.7% Good-day share
Madera, CA
Median AQI 50 · 50.4% Good-day share
Merced, CA
Median AQI 50 · 51.0% Good-day share
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Median AQI 50 · 51.2% Good-day share
Reno, NV
Median AQI 50 · 50.1% Good-day share
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
Median AQI 50 · 52.3% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA'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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA, 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, Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA · 2020–2025