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Charleroi Air quality today
Air quality in Charleroi currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 47
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.5
- tree cover
- 30.8%
- trees in this area
- 95.6K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Arrondissement of Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Charleroi · AQI 47 (Good)
Charleroi's tree count comes to 95,600 trees across 12.42 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Charleroi today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 45R511 - MARCINELLE, 4 km away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.5
PM10
7.8
NO₂
15.0
O₃
3.5
SO₂
2.0
CO
305.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Charleroi's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 50 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 6.
Where Charleroi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Charleroi: Healthy tree cover
30.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
95,600
Target trees
95,600
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Charleroi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Charleroi has lost about 221 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (26%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 221 haabout 310 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 58 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 39 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 17 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 35 ha | 39 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Charleroi?
- Loggingcan grow back66% · 146 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 40 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8.2% · 18 ha
Also: 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
- 12,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,400 ha
- Overall change
- +40 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Charleroi stayed about the same size, at about 12,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 255 hectares, and about 215 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 Charleroi right now?
The latest reading for Charleroi shows an AQI of 47 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is 45R511 - MARCINELLE, 4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Charleroi today?
At AQI 47 (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 Charleroi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Charleroi's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 50 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 95 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 Charleroi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Charleroi has lost about 221 hectares of forest (about 310 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (26%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Charleroi stayed about the same size, at about 12,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 255 hectares, and about 215 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Charleroi?
Charleroi has an estimated 95,600 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 30.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Charleroi need?
Charleroi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Charleroi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Arrondissement of Charleroi, 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 Arrondissement of Charleroi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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