Insights: San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 44 over 181 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Moderate metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 116 Good days (64%), 63 Moderate (35%), and 2 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (1%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 60 while the highest single-day reading hit 102 (USG). Metro residents averaged roughly 19.2 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.

Across the 2020–2025 trend window, good days shifted by -172 and the median AQI moved +14 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as worsening. The metro avoided any Unhealthy-tier days entirely, an outcome that typically reflects favorable wind patterns, lower industrial density, or effective regional emission controls. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Athens-Clarke County, GA (66.7% good, AQI 44); Bartlesville, OK (65.6% good, AQI 44); Bloomington, IL (64.1% good, AQI 44).