Metro area air quality · 2025
Valdosta, GA
Median AQI 49 (Good). 51.2% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 49
- Median AQI
- 51.2%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 14%
- Cleaner than US metros
Valdosta, GA posted a 2025 median AQI of 49 (Good) with 51.2% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Valdosta, GA CBSA recorded a median AQI of 49 across 365 monitored days in 2025, with 51.2% 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 Valdosta, GA CBSA's 51.2% Good-day share places it cleaner than 14% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Canton-Massillon, OH (53.1% Good, median AQI 49) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Valdosta, GA.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Valdosta, GA's Good-day share moved -19.9 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +9).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 49
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 365 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Valdosta, GA lands in the lower Good-day tercile (51.2% 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 49 and 51.2% of 365 monitored days in the Good band.
- 49
- median AQI · Good
- 51.2%
- days rated Good
- 14%
- cleaner than US metros
- 88
- 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
- Valdosta, GA metro's Good-day share fell from 62.2% to 51.2% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -10.9 percentage points.
- Valdosta, GA metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 154 to 88 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -66 points.
- Valdosta, GA metro's median AQI rose from 44 to 49 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +5 points.
- Valdosta, GA metro's Unhealthy-category days fell from 1 to 0 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -1 days.
Valdosta, GA lands in the lower Good-day tercile (51.2% Good), a thinner clean-air share than most CBSA peers here. Signature read: 51.2% 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 49 over 365 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 187 Good (51%), 178 Moderate (49%), and 0 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (0%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 65; the highest single-day reading hit 88 (Moderate).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -19.9 points and median AQI moved +9 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Canton-Massillon, OH (53.1% good, AQI 49); Carlsbad-Artesia, NM (53.7% good, AQI 49); Chattanooga, TN-GA (51.0% good, AQI 49).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
49
Good
Good Days
51.2%
187 of 365 days
Max AQI
88
Moderate
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 65
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 365 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
187
51%
Moderate
178
49%
USG
0
0%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Valdosta, GA metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 51.2% 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 Valdosta, GA metro compare?
How Valdosta, GA compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Valdosta, GA metro. Highest Good-day share: 2020 (71.1%, 143 of 201 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 143 | 58 | 0 | 40 | 141 |
| 2021 | 213 | 145 | 0 | 46 | 86 |
| 2022 | 191 | 163 | 0 | 48 | 100 |
| 2023 | 188 | 167 | 0 | 48 | 126 |
| 2024 | 212 | 128 | 1 | 44 | 154 |
| 2025 | 187 | 178 | 0 | 49 | 88 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Valdosta, GA (49).
Canton-Massillon, OH
Median AQI 49 · 53.1% Good-day share
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM
Median AQI 49 · 53.7% Good-day share
Chattanooga, TN-GA
Median AQI 49 · 51.0% Good-day share
Kingsville, TX
Median AQI 49 · 51.7% Good-day share
Laramie, WY
Median AQI 49 · 55.6% Good-day share
Miami, OK
Median AQI 49 · 53.7% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Valdosta, GA'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 Valdosta, GA, 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, Valdosta, GA · 2020–2025