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Bukhara Air quality today

Air quality in Bukhara currently reads AQI 11 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 11

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
2.2
tree cover
4.5%
trees in this area
14.1K
more trees needed
80.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Bukhara, Bukhara Region, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Bukhara's tree count comes to 14,137 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 80,111 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Bukhara today: AQI 11, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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

2.2

PM10

4.2

NO₂

0.9

O₃

59.0

SO₂

1.3

CO

127.0

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 Bukhara's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 18 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 55 · peak 81
Nov 5: AQI 66 (peak 81)Nov 6: AQI 70 (peak 76)Nov 7: AQI 50 (peak 71)Nov 8: AQI 69 (peak 78)Nov 9: AQI 65 (peak 71)Nov 10: AQI 44 (peak 53)Nov 11: AQI 18 (peak 41)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Bukhara: Critically low

4.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

26 points below target

Trees in this area

14,137

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

80,111

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,762 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Bukhara lost?

There was almost no forest around Bukhara in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Bukhara, July 2018

2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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Questions about Bukhara

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

The latest reading for Bukhara shows an AQI of 11 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Bukhara today?

At AQI 11 (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 Bukhara been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bukhara's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 18 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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

There was almost no forest around Bukhara in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Bukhara?

Bukhara has an estimated 14,137 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.5% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Bukhara need?

Bukhara needs roughly 80,111 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,762 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Bukhara'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 Bukhara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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