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Belgrade Air quality today
Air quality in Belgrade currently reads AQI 74 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 74
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 21.5
- tree cover
- 20.7%
- trees in this area
- 62.3K
- more trees needed
- 28.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Savski Venac, Belgrade, Serbia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Belgrade · AQI 74 (Moderate)
Belgrade's tree count comes to 62,300 trees across 12.04 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,990 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Belgrade today: AQI 74, 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 · Belgrade-Stari grad, 2 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
21.5
PM10
29.3
NO₂
40.7
O₃
6.4
SO₂
9.8
CO
525.6
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 Belgrade's daily AQI at 96 on average, from 72 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 184 on Nov 9.
Where Belgrade stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Belgrade: Below target
20.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
62,300
Target trees
90,290
More trees needed
27,990
CO₂ if planted / yr
615.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Belgrade lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Belgrade has lost about 460 hectares of forest (about 640 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 45 hectares (9.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 460 haabout 640 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 45 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 71 hectares of forest were lost.
Belgrade's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 33 ha | 35 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | 41 ha | 47 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 26 ha | 28 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 47 ha | 50 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 23 ha | 25 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 28 ha | 30 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 18 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 21 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 9 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 71 ha | 71 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 25 ha | 27 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 17 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 19 ha | 20 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Belgrade?
- Loggingcan grow back88% · 405 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.8% · 45 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown2.3% · 11 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
- 6,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,730 ha
- Overall change
- +74 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belgrade stayed about the same size, at about 6,730 hectares: new forest grew on about 383 hectares, and about 309 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Belgrade right now?
The latest reading for Belgrade shows an AQI of 74 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Belgrade-Stari grad, 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 Belgrade today?
At AQI 74 (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 Belgrade been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Belgrade's daily AQI at 96 on average, from 72 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 184 on Nov 9. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Belgrade lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Belgrade has lost about 460 hectares of forest (about 640 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 45 hectares (9.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belgrade stayed about the same size, at about 6,730 hectares: new forest grew on about 383 hectares, and about 309 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Belgrade?
Belgrade has an estimated 62,300 trees across the 12.04 km² of land measured — 20.7% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Belgrade need?
Belgrade needs roughly 27,990 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 615.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Belgrade's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Savski Venac, 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 Savski Venac; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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