City report · Georgia
Batumi Air quality today
Air quality in Batumi currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.5
- tree cover
- 15.7%
- trees in this area
- 42.0K
- more trees needed
- 38.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chaobi, Batumi, Georgia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Batumi · AQI 31 (Good)
Batumi's tree count comes to 42,023 trees across 10.71 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 38,276 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Batumi today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Abuseridze street, Batumi, Georgia, 500 m away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.5
PM10
10.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, საქართველოს გარემოს დაცვისა და სოფლის მეურნეობის სამინისტრო - Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Batumi's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 4.
Where Batumi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Batumi: Critically low
15.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.71 km² of land.
Trees in this area
42,023
Target trees
80,299
More trees needed
38,276
CO₂ if planted / yr
842.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Batumi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Batumi has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 9 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (20%), after which forest can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 9 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Batumi?
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown67% · 4 ha
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
- 8,260 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,430 ha
- Overall change
- +169 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Batumi grew from about 8,260 hectares to 8,430 hectares, a net gain of about 169 hectares (+2%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, while 86 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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Questions about Batumi
What is the air quality (AQI) in Batumi right now?
The latest reading for Batumi shows an AQI of 31 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the Abuseridze street, Batumi, Georgia ground monitoring station, 500 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Batumi today?
At AQI 31 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Batumi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Batumi's daily AQI at 20 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Batumi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Batumi has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 9 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (20%), after which forest can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Batumi grew from about 8,260 hectares to 8,430 hectares, a net gain of about 169 hectares (+2%). New forest grew on about 255 hectares, while 86 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Batumi?
Batumi has an estimated 42,023 trees across the 10.71 km² of land measured — 15.7% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Batumi need?
Batumi needs roughly 38,276 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 842.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Batumi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chaobi, 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 Chaobi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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