City report · Montenegro
Budva Air quality today
Air quality in Budva currently reads AQI 93 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 93
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.1
- tree cover
- 61.4%
- trees in this area
- 139K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centar, Budva, Montenegro (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Budva · AQI 93 (Moderate)
Budva's tree count comes to 138,691 trees across 9.04 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Budva today: AQI 93, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Niksic and Sarajevo
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.1
PM10
9.0
NO₂
1.5
O₃
68.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
164.0
- 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 Budva's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 32 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 6.
Where Budva stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Budva: Healthy tree cover
61.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
138,691
Target trees
138,691
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Budva lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Budva has lost about 595 hectares of forest (about 830 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (44%). About 287 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 595 haabout 830 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 287 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 80 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | 14 ha | 28 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2007 | 21 ha | 24 ha | 45 ha |
| 2008 | 25 ha | 54 ha | 80 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | 10 ha | 19 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 8 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | 30 ha | 38 ha |
| 2012 | 16 ha | 15 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 18 ha | 5 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 33 ha | 13 ha | 46 ha |
| 2017 | 15 ha | 11 ha | 26 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | 17 ha | 24 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | 12 ha | 26 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 16 ha |
| 2023 | 17 ha | 16 ha | 33 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | 7 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 15 ha | 29 ha | 45 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Budva?
- Towns and roadscleared for good44% · 264 ha
- Loggingcan grow back32% · 191 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back18% · 106 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 11,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,400 ha
- Overall change
- −415 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Budva shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,400 hectares, a net loss of about 415 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 106 hectares, but 521 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 Budva right now?
The latest reading for Budva shows an AQI of 93 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Budva today?
At AQI 93 (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 Budva been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Budva's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 32 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Budva lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Budva has lost about 595 hectares of forest (about 830 football pitches): 5.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (44%). About 287 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Budva shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,400 hectares, a net loss of about 415 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 106 hectares, but 521 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Budva?
Budva has an estimated 138,691 trees across the 9.04 km² of land measured — 61.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Budva need?
Budva has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Budva'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 Centar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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