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Burgas Air quality today
Air quality in Burgas currently reads AQI 85 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 85
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 32.9
- tree cover
- 28.2%
- trees in this area
- 67.2K
- more trees needed
- 4.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around g.k. Bratya Miladinovi, 8001 Burgas, Bulgaria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Burgas · AQI 85 (Moderate)
Burgas's tree count comes to 67,153 trees across 9.53 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,286 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Burgas today: AQI 85, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Varna and Edirne
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
32.9
PM10
19.1
NO₂
12.3
O₃
52.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
201.0
- 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 Burgas's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 33 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 6.
Where Burgas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Burgas: Below target
28.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
67,153
Target trees
71,439
More trees needed
4,286
CO₂ if planted / yr
94.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Burgas lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Burgas has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 54 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 38 haabout 54 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 21 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 8 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Burgas?
- Loggingcan grow back28% · 11 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 11 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 10 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 791 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 890 ha
- Overall change
- +99 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Burgas grew from about 791 hectares to 890 hectares, a net gain of about 99 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 112 hectares, while 13 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Burgas
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Edirne119.1 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 79
- Stara Zagora150.0 km
Bulgaria
- Tree cover
- 35%
- Air quality
- 134
- Çorlu152.2 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 85
- Tekirdağ170.0 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 86
- Arnavutköy180.9 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 87
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Burgas right now?
The latest reading for Burgas shows an AQI of 85 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 165 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 Burgas today?
At AQI 85 (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 Burgas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Burgas's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 33 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Burgas lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Burgas has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 54 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Burgas grew from about 791 hectares to 890 hectares, a net gain of about 99 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 112 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Burgas?
Burgas has an estimated 67,153 trees across the 9.53 km² of land measured — 28.2% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Burgas need?
Burgas needs roughly 4,286 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 94.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Burgas'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 g.k. Bratya Miladinovi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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