City report · Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek Air quality today
Air quality in Bishkek currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.8
- tree cover
- 21.6%
- trees in this area
- 67.9K
- more trees needed
- 26.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Birinchi May District, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bishkek · AQI 6 (Good)
Bishkek's tree count comes to 67,858 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,389 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bishkek today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.8
PM10
0.8
NO₂
1.6
O₃
59.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
160.0
- 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 Bishkek's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 10.
Where Bishkek stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bishkek: Below target
21.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
67,858
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
26,389
CO₂ if planted / yr
580.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bishkek lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bishkek has lost about 11 hectares of forest (about 15 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (30%). About 4 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 11 haabout 15 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bishkek?
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 3 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8.2% · under 1 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back1.8% · under 1 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
- 1,380 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,040 ha
- Overall change
- +659 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bishkek grew from about 1,380 hectares to 2,040 hectares, a net gain of about 659 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 698 hectares, while 39 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 Bishkek right now?
The latest reading for Bishkek shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bishkek today?
At AQI 6 (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 Bishkek been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bishkek's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bishkek lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bishkek has lost about 11 hectares of forest (about 15 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (30%). About 4 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bishkek grew from about 1,380 hectares to 2,040 hectares, a net gain of about 659 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 698 hectares, while 39 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bishkek?
Bishkek has an estimated 67,858 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.6% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bishkek need?
Bishkek needs roughly 26,389 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 580.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bishkek's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Birinchi May District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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