The rug is beautiful. We will use it for indoor on the way out to our patio, it will clean easily and catch all the dust when coming in. For outdoor I would use it based on the climate you are in. We are in hot and humid Florida, so I would say no, it would get mold. But in dry states like AZ or CA it would be fine for outdoor. We ordered the largest rug and as someone already mentioned in reviews it comes a bit banded. It takes couple days to get it flat. We let it sit on the floor, put heavy objects to each corner and it did its job. We are happy wit it.