Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Virginia Beach City, Virginia, 1980–2025.
81%
Good days in 2025
34
Median daily AQI, 2025
0
Days above 100 in 2025
365
Days with an AQI in 2025 (of 365)
In 2025, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Virginia Beach City, Virginia on 365 days. 295 of those days (81%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 34. That median is lower than the typical monitored county in Virginia (median 37 across 25 counties), and lower than the typical monitored U.S. county (40). The main pollutant was fine particles (PM2.5) on 365 days. Across the years with fuller monitoring, the share of Good days rose: an average of 73% in 1980–1982 versus 76% in 2023–2025.
Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (2002, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022…) are shown in the table but left out of comparisons and trend statements.
How the days broke down each year
Each bar is one year. The colored segments show the share of monitored days that fell in each AQI category.
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous
Typical and high-end AQI over time
The median is the middle day of the year. The 90th percentile is the level that only the highest 10% of days exceeded.
Median daily AQI
90th-percentile daily AQI
Main pollutant by day, 2025
On each monitored day, the AQI reflects whichever measured pollutant had the highest index. This counts how many days each pollutant set the AQI. A pollutant that was not measured here cannot appear.
Pollutant
Days as main pollutant
Share of monitored days
Fine particles (PM2.5)
365
100%
Year-by-year data
Annual AQI summary by year
Year
Days with AQI
Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous
Median AQI
90th pct.
Max AQI
Main pollutant
2025
365
295
70
0
0
0
0
34
55
98
PM2.5
2024
366
294
72
0
0
0
0
36
55
81
PM2.5
2023
364
246
117
0
1
0
0
41
60
167
PM2.5
2022
109
93
16
0
0
0
0
33
54
67
PM2.5
2021
105
77
28
0
0
0
0
35
55
82
PM2.5
2020
109
95
14
0
0
0
0
30
54
74
PM2.5
2019
115
94
21
0
0
0
0
34
56
70
PM2.5
2018
107
89
18
0
0
0
0
33
56
69
PM2.5
2017
233
184
49
0
0
0
0
34
54
69
PM2.5
2016
342
274
68
0
0
0
0
34
54
71
PM2.5
2015
352
254
98
0
0
0
0
39
57
87
PM2.5
2014
362
241
121
0
0
0
0
39
60
89
PM2.5
2013
357
255
102
0
0
0
0
38
59
80
PM2.5
2012
345
235
110
0
0
0
0
41
60
87
PM2.5
2011
349
195
154
0
0
0
0
46
66
98
PM2.5
2010
365
191
173
1
0
0
0
48
65
108
PM2.5
2009
348
196
152
0
0
0
0
46
64
95
PM2.5
2008
344
164
173
4
3
0
0
51
72
172
PM2.5
2007
354
158
193
3
0
0
0
52
71
112
PM2.5
2006
332
112
217
3
0
0
0
56
74
121
PM2.5
2005
315
127
187
1
0
0
0
55
75
109
PM2.5
2004
344
125
217
2
0
0
0
55
73
114
PM2.5
2003
123
43
79
0
1
0
0
54
77
156
PM2.5
2002
113
40
70
3
0
0
0
55
71
137
PM2.5
2001
116
38
76
2
0
0
0
55
75
112
PM2.5
2000
116
38
77
1
0
0
0
57
77
111
PM2.5
1999
92
37
53
2
0
0
0
57
81
113
PM2.5
1989
33
30
3
0
0
0
0
30
47
84
NO2
1988
366
329
37
0
0
0
0
34
52
87
NO2
1987
365
296
69
0
0
0
0
37
56
78
NO2
1986
365
255
81
21
8
0
0
41
93
177
Ozone
1985
365
265
75
22
3
0
0
42
87
166
Ozone
1984
366
264
84
13
5
0
0
41
80
197
Ozone
1983
362
251
70
24
13
4
0
41
112
214
Ozone
1982
364
274
63
23
4
0
0
37
87
187
Ozone
1981
364
276
59
21
6
2
0
39
80
205
Ozone
1980
365
247
84
24
10
0
0
42
100
195
Ozone
What this data can and can’t tell you
It is a county-level summary. EPA reports one AQI per day for the county, based on the monitors operating there. Air at a particular street, school or home can differ, especially near roads, industry or wildfire smoke.
It is not a health assessment. The AQI is EPA’s scale for communicating daily air quality. A county’s history can’t tell you what the health risk is for any particular person. For daily conditions and health guidance, see AirNow.
Rules change over time. EPA has revised AQI breakpoints, most recently for fine particles in 2024, so some year-to-year change can reflect the scale rather than the air.
Counties in Virginia with a similar median AQI in 2025
