City report · North Macedonia
Bitola Air quality today
Air quality in Bitola currently reads AQI 156 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 156
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 63.0
- tree cover
- 18.5%
- trees in this area
- 58.1K
- more trees needed
- 67.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Stara Charshija, Bitola, North Macedonia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bitola · AQI 156 (Unhealthy)
Bitola's tree count comes to 58,119 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 67,544 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bitola today: AQI 156, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bitola 2 Strezevo, 200 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
63.0
PM10
123.2
NO₂
46.8
O₃
—
SO₂
4.6
CO
487.2
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bitola's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 57 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 7.
Where Bitola stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bitola: Critically low
18.5% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
58,119
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
67,544
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,486 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bitola lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bitola has lost about 837 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it 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
- 837 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 612 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 612 ha | 612 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 88 ha | 88 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 49 ha | 49 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 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 Bitola?
- Wildfirescan grow back93% · 777 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.6% · 47 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads, 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
- 7,390 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,770 ha
- Overall change
- −620 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bitola shrank from about 7,390 hectares to 6,770 hectares, a net loss of about 620 hectares (−8.4%). New forest grew on about 104 hectares, but 725 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 Bitola right now?
The latest reading for Bitola shows an AQI of 156 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bitola 2 Strezevo, 200 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bitola today?
At AQI 156 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bitola been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bitola's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 57 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bitola lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bitola has lost about 837 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bitola shrank from about 7,390 hectares to 6,770 hectares, a net loss of about 620 hectares (−8.4%). New forest grew on about 104 hectares, but 725 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bitola?
Bitola has an estimated 58,119 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.5% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bitola need?
Bitola needs roughly 67,544 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,486 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bitola's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Stara Charshija, 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 Stara Charshija; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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