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Antwerp Air quality today
Air quality in Antwerp currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.8
- tree cover
- 16.2%
- trees in this area
- 41.8K
- more trees needed
- 35.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Historisch centrum, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Antwerp · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Antwerp's tree count comes to 41,784 trees across 10.32 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,594 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Antwerp today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 40AL01 - ANTWERPEN , 2 km away · median of 16 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.8
PM10
17.3
NO₂
21.0
O₃
13.0
SO₂
0.0
CO
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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 Antwerp's daily AQI at 81 on average, from 56 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6.
Where Antwerp stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Antwerp: Critically low
16.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.32 km² of land.
Trees in this area
41,784
Target trees
77,378
More trees needed
35,594
CO₂ if planted / yr
783.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Antwerp lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Antwerp has lost about 204 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 3 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 204 haabout 290 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 152 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 38 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 9 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 36 ha | 2 ha | 38 ha |
| 2022 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Antwerp?
- Towns and roadscleared for good73% · 149 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 40 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.3% · 3 ha
Also: 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
- 8,770 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,030 ha
- Overall change
- +264 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Antwerp grew from about 8,770 hectares to 9,030 hectares, a net gain of about 264 hectares (+3%). New forest grew on about 479 hectares, while 215 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Antwerp right now?
The latest reading for Antwerp shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 16 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is 40AL01 - ANTWERPEN , 2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Antwerp today?
At AQI 60 (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 Antwerp been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Antwerp's daily AQI at 81 on average, from 56 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Antwerp lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Antwerp has lost about 204 hectares of forest (about 290 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Antwerp grew from about 8,770 hectares to 9,030 hectares, a net gain of about 264 hectares (+3%). New forest grew on about 479 hectares, while 215 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Antwerp?
Antwerp has an estimated 41,784 trees across the 10.32 km² of land measured — 16.2% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Antwerp need?
Antwerp needs roughly 35,594 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 783.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Antwerp's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Historisch centrum, 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 Historisch centrum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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