Baia Mare vs Ivano-Frankivsk
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Baia Mare has more tree cover — 45.5% against 43.3%.
Baia Mare has cleaner air right now — AQI 28 against 114.
- Tree cover gap
- 2.2 points
- Baia Mare is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 86 AQI
- Baia Mare is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 9.8K
- Baia Mare has more standing.
Romania
Ukraine
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
45.5%
43.3%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
28 · Good
114 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
143K
133K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.1M kg
2.9M kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Ivano-Frankivsk is read from nearby ground stations and Baia Mare is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
5.9 µg/m³
40.8 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Baia Mare | Ivano-Frankivsk |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 23 | 23 |
| 23 Sept | 29 | 23 |
| 24 Sept | 35 | 28 |
| 25 Sept | 35 | 34 |
| 26 Sept | 36 | 47 |
| 27 Sept | 36 | 45 |
| 28 Sept | 28 | 62 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Baia Mare leads here at 45.5%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Baia Mare reads 28 (good) and Ivano-Frankivsk reads 114 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) right now.
Frequently asked
Baia Mare and Ivano-Frankivsk, answered
Which has more trees, Baia Mare or Ivano-Frankivsk?
Baia Mare, with roughly 142,942 trees inside its 2 km radius against 133,174. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Baia Mare has the denser canopy at 45.5%.
Which has better air quality, Baia Mare or Ivano-Frankivsk?
Baia Mare right now, at AQI 28 against 114 — a gap of 86 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Baia Mare needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Ivano-Frankivsk about 0. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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