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Baku Air quality today
Air quality in Baku currently reads AQI 93 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 93
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.4
- tree cover
- 2.4%
- trees in this area
- 5.1K
- more trees needed
- 58.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Baku White City, Baku, Azerbaijan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Baku · AQI 93 (Moderate)
Baku's tree count comes to 5,089 trees across 8.48 km² of land, 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,528 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Baku today: AQI 93, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Baku, 4.3 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow
- 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 Baku's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 6 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 5.
Where Baku stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Baku: Critically low
2.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
5,089
Target trees
63,617
More trees needed
58,528
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,288 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Baku lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Baku has lost about 96 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 96 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 89 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 27 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Baku?
- Towns and roadscleared for good92% · 88 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown7.6% · 7 ha
Also: mining and energy.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. 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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- Mingachevir242.8 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Baku right now?
The latest reading for Baku shows an AQI of 93 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by the Baku ground monitoring station, 4.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Baku today?
At AQI 93 (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 Baku been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Baku's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 6 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Baku lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Baku has lost about 96 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Baku?
Baku has an estimated 5,089 trees across the 8.48 km² of land measured — 2.4% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Baku need?
Baku needs roughly 58,528 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,288 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Baku's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Baku White City, 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 Baku White City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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