Chernivtsi vs Dąbrowa Górnicza
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.
Dąbrowa Górnicza has more tree cover — 66.1% against 56.5%.
Chernivtsi has cleaner air right now — AQI 23 against 29.
- Tree cover gap
- 9.6 points
- Dąbrowa Górnicza is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 6 AQI
- Chernivtsi is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 18.5K
- Dąbrowa Górnicza has more standing.
Ukraine
Poland
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
56.5%
66.1%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
23 · Good
29 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
177K
196K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.9M kg
4.3M 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. Dąbrowa Górnicza is read from nearby ground stations and Chernivtsi is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
5.4 µg/m³
3 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
7.6 µg/m³
19.3 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
2 µg/m³
16.3 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
73 µg/m³
61.2 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 | Chernivtsi | Dąbrowa Górnicza |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 22 | 25 |
| 23 Sept | 22 | 34 |
| 24 Sept | 27 | 60 |
| 25 Sept | 28 | 54 |
| 26 Sept | 43 | 80 |
| 27 Sept | 49 | 74 |
| 28 Sept | 48 | 63 |
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. Dąbrowa Górnicza leads here at 66.1%.
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: Chernivtsi reads 23 (good) and Dąbrowa Górnicza reads 29 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Chernivtsi and Dąbrowa Górnicza, answered
Which has more trees, Chernivtsi or Dąbrowa Górnicza?
Dąbrowa Górnicza, with roughly 195,823 trees inside its 2 km radius against 177,322. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Dąbrowa Górnicza has the denser canopy at 66.1%.
Which has better air quality, Chernivtsi or Dąbrowa Górnicza?
Chernivtsi right now, at AQI 23 against 29 — a gap of 6 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?
Chernivtsi needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Dąbrowa Górnicza 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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