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Air quality now: AQI50Good, Blackpool

City report · England, United Kingdom

Blackpool Air quality today

Air quality in Blackpool currently reads AQI 50 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 50

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
9.0
tree cover
10.3%
trees in this area
22.0K
more trees needed
42.1K

Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Blackpool, UK (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Aug 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Blackpool · AQI 50 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Aug 24, 2026

Blackpool's tree count comes to 22,036 trees across 3.3 sq mi (8.56 km²) of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,147 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Blackpool today: AQI 50, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, 5.2 mi (8.4 km) away

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

9.0

PM10

—

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Tim Schofield

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 Blackpool's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 14 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 8.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 50 · peak 92
Nov 4: AQI 14 (peak 19)Nov 5: AQI 19 (peak 32)Nov 6: AQI 43 (peak 62)Nov 7: AQI 73 (peak 91)Nov 8: AQI 73 (peak 92)Nov 9: AQI 69 (peak 72)Nov 10: AQI 62 (peak 67)
Nov 4Nov 10

This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from the UK's Daily Air Quality Index

Where Blackpool stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Blackpool: Critically low

10.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.3 sq mi (8.56 km²) of land.

20 points below target

Trees in this area

22,036

Target trees

64,183

More trees needed

42,147

CO₂ if planted / yr

927.2 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Blackpool lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Blackpool has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (3.1%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.

Satellite image of the area around Blackpool, July 2017

2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
3 haabout 5 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
Forest lost each year around Blackpool, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Blackpool, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.8

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Forest lost each year around Blackpool, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Blackpool?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.1% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown97% · 3 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
268 ha
Forest in 2020
326 ha
Overall change
+58 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Blackpool grew from about 268 hectares to 326 hectares, a net gain of about 58 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, while 8 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

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    Air quality
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    Tree cover
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    Air quality
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    Air quality
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Questions about Blackpool

What is the air quality (AQI) in Blackpool right now?

The latest reading for Blackpool shows an AQI of 50 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by the THORNTON-CLEVELEYS ground monitoring station, 5.2 mi (8.4 km) away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Blackpool today?

At AQI 50 (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 Blackpool been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Blackpool's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 14 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Blackpool's AQI the same as the UK's Daily Air Quality Index?

No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. The UK's Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI), published by Defra, runs from 1 to 10: 1–3 low, 4–6 moderate, 7–9 high and 10 very high. It is a different scale altogether, so a US AQI figure can't be read on it directly; both, though, are built from the same main pollutants, with fine particles (PM2.5) usually the one that decides the reading.

How much forest has the area around Blackpool lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Blackpool has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (3.1%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Blackpool grew from about 268 hectares to 326 hectares, a net gain of about 58 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Blackpool?

Blackpool has an estimated 22,036 trees across the 3.3 sq mi (8.56 km²) of land measured — 10.3% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Blackpool need?

Blackpool needs roughly 42,147 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 927.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Blackpool's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Blackpool, 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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Blackpool; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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