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Amsterdam Air quality today
Air quality in Amsterdam currently reads AQI 71 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 71
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.6
- tree cover
- 20.5%
- trees in this area
- 55.4K
- more trees needed
- 25.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Burgwallen Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, Netherlands (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Amsterdam · AQI 71 (Moderate)
Amsterdam's tree count comes to 55,386 trees across 10.81 km² of land, 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,667 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Amsterdam today: AQI 71, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Amsterdam-Van Diemenstraat, 1.8 km away · median of 14 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.6
PM10
24.5
NO₂
11.9
O₃
35.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
380.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Amsterdam's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 10.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Amsterdam: Below target
20.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.81 km² of land.
Trees in this area
55,386
Target trees
81,053
More trees needed
25,667
CO₂ if planted / yr
564.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Amsterdam lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Amsterdam has lost about 158 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (84%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 158 haabout 220 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 133 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 17 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Amsterdam?
- Towns and roadscleared for good80% · 126 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.7% · 6 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3% · 5 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 3,260 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,420 ha
- Overall change
- +163 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amsterdam grew from about 3,260 hectares to 3,420 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+5%). New forest grew on about 387 hectares, while 224 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Amsterdam right now?
The latest reading for Amsterdam shows an AQI of 71 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 14 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Amsterdam-Van Diemenstraat, 1.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Amsterdam today?
At AQI 71 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Amsterdam been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Amsterdam's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Amsterdam lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Amsterdam has lost about 158 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (84%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amsterdam grew from about 3,260 hectares to 3,420 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+5%). New forest grew on about 387 hectares, while 224 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Amsterdam?
Amsterdam has an estimated 55,386 trees across the 10.81 km² of land measured — 20.5% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Amsterdam need?
Amsterdam needs roughly 25,667 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 564.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Amsterdam's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Burgwallen Nieuwe Zijde, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Burgwallen Nieuwe Zijde; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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