Rancho Mirage, California Air Quality
Rancho Mirage air quality today — the AQI, the main pollutant, and whether it’s safe to exercise outside right now
Rancho Mirage, CA · Air quality right now
The air quality index in Rancho Mirage, CA is 45 (Good) right now — safe for outdoor activity.
Is it safe to be outside in Rancho Mirage today?
AQI 45 Yes — air quality is Good
Air is clean — great for outdoor activity.Main pollutant: PM2.5Observed 12:00 AM PDT
Pollutants right now
- PM2.513 µg/m³Main pollutantfine particles — smoke, exhaust, soot
- PM1071 µg/m³coarse particles — dust, pollen, ash
- Ozone57 µg/m³smog — builds on hot, sunny days
- NO₂5.7 µg/m³nitrogen dioxide — traffic, combustion
ExerciseOK to run — no air-quality limits on outdoor exercise.
How to read Rancho Mirage’s air quality
Guides: The AQI Scale, Explained · Air Quality Alerts, Decoded · How to Read a Wildfire Smoke Map · Why Wildfire Smoke Travels 1,000 Miles.
Air quality over time in Rancho Mirage
Across the EPA’s county records from 2020 to 2025, Rancho Mirage’s cleanest year was 2022 (median AQI 77) and its most polluted was 2021 (median AQI 89); the typical (median) day has trended cleaner since 2020.
| Year | Median AQI | Unhealthy+ | Main pollutant | USG | Moderate | Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87 | 47 | Ozone | 98 | 179 | 42 |
| 2021 | 89 | 47 | Ozone | 89 | 210 | 19 |
| 2022 | 77 | 40 | Ozone | 86 | 198 | 41 |
| 2023 | 77 | 41 | Ozone | 73 | 189 | 62 |
| 2024 | 87 | 67 | Ozone | 80 | 176 | 43 |
| 2025 | 80 | 34 | Ozone | 75 | 217 | 39 |
“USG” is Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (AQI 101–150); “Unhealthy+” combines the Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, and Hazardous days. In 2024 the EPA tightened the annual fine-particle (PM2.5) standard to 9 µg/m³ from the previous 12 µg/m³, so counties near the old limit read worse against the new one. Source: EPA AQS annual summaries, 2020–2025.
Frequently asked
- What was the worst year for air quality in Rancho Mirage?
- In the EPA's 2020–2025 county records, 2024 had the most days above AQI 100: 147 days (80 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, 67 Unhealthy or worse). The highest median AQI came in 2021 (89; 2024's was 87).
- How many unhealthy air days does Rancho Mirage have?
- Across 2020–2025, 35% of the days reported for Rancho Mirage's county had an AQI above 100 (777 of 2192), about 130 days a year. 2025 had 109 days.
- What's the main air pollutant in Rancho Mirage?
- Ozone: it drove Rancho Mirage's county AQI on the most days in every year of the EPA's 2020–2025 records.