Metro area air quality · 2025
Panama City, FL
Median AQI 44 (Good). 66.4% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 44
- Median AQI
- 66.4%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 37%
- Cleaner than US metros
Panama City, FL posted a 2025 median AQI of 44 (Good) with 66.4% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Panama City, FL CBSA recorded a median AQI of 44 across 360 monitored days in 2025, with 66.4% 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 Panama City, FL CBSA's 66.4% Good-day share places it cleaner than 37% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Bartlesville, OK (68.0% Good, median AQI 44) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Panama City, FL.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Panama City, FL's Good-day share moved +8.2 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI -3).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 44
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 360 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Panama City, FL's peak reading 92 stays in the lower max-AQI tercile on this extract. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, more polluted than the median US metro, with a median AQI of 44 and 66.4% of 360 monitored days in the Good band.
- 44
- median AQI · Good
- 66.4%
- days rated Good
- 37%
- cleaner than US metros
- 92
- 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
- Panama City, FL metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 215 to 92 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -123 points.
- Panama City, FL metro's Good-day share rose from 60.3% to 66.4% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +6.1 percentage points.
- Panama City, FL metro's median AQI fell from 47 to 44 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -3 points.
Panama City, FL's peak reading 92 stays in the lower max-AQI tercile on this extract. Signature read: peak AQI 92 (low tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 44 over 360 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 239 Good (66%), 121 Moderate (34%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 56; the highest single-day reading hit 92 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted +8.2 points and median AQI moved -3 (improving). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bartlesville, OK (68.0% good, AQI 44); Berlin, NH-VT (81.5% good, AQI 44); Bloomington, IL (66.0% good, AQI 44).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
44
Good
Good Days
66.4%
239 of 360 days
Max AQI
92
Moderate
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 56
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 360 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
239
66%
Moderate
121
34%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Panama City, FL metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 66.4% 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 Panama City, FL metro compare?
How Panama City, FL compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is improving in the Panama City, FL metro. Highest Good-day share: 2025 (66.4%, 239 of 360 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 210 | 151 | 0 | 47 | 146 |
| 2021 | 228 | 137 | 0 | 46 | 78 |
| 2022 | 218 | 147 | 0 | 46 | 99 |
| 2023 | 176 | 189 | 0 | 51 | 95 |
| 2024 | 214 | 141 | 0 | 47 | 215 |
| 2025 | 239 | 121 | 0 | 44 | 92 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Panama City, FL (44).
Bartlesville, OK
Median AQI 44 · 68.0% Good-day share
Berlin, NH-VT
Median AQI 44 · 81.5% Good-day share
Bloomington, IL
Median AQI 44 · 66.0% Good-day share
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Median AQI 44 · 71.0% Good-day share
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
Median AQI 44 · 64.7% Good-day share
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
Median AQI 44 · 63.8% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Panama City, FL'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 Panama City, FL, 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, Panama City, FL · 2020–2025