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Chernivtsi Air quality today
Air quality in Chernivtsi currently reads AQI 77 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 77
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.4
- tree cover
- 44.8%
- trees in this area
- 141K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lenins'kyi district, Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, 58000 (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chernivtsi · AQI 77 (Moderate)
Chernivtsi's tree count comes to 140,603 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chernivtsi today: AQI 77, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Piatra Neamț and Iași
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.4
PM10
21.8
NO₂
10.4
O₃
38.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
226.0
- 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 Chernivtsi's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 37 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 10.
Where Chernivtsi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chernivtsi: Healthy tree cover
44.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
140,603
Target trees
140,603
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chernivtsi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chernivtsi has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 14 hectares (6.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 217 haabout 300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 22 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 22 ha | 22 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chernivtsi?
- Loggingcan grow back89% · 193 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.2% · 14 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.8% · 11 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural 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
- 8,310 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,470 ha
- Overall change
- +159 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chernivtsi stayed about the same size, at about 8,470 hectares: new forest grew on about 220 hectares, and about 62 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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- Khmelnytskyi147.0 km
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- Air quality
- 52
- Piatra Neamţ155.1 km
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- Air quality
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- Bălţi159.6 km
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- Air quality
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- Iaşi176.5 km
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chernivtsi right now?
The latest reading for Chernivtsi shows an AQI of 77 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 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 Chernivtsi today?
At AQI 77 (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 Chernivtsi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chernivtsi's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 37 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chernivtsi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chernivtsi has lost about 217 hectares of forest (about 300 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 14 hectares (6.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chernivtsi stayed about the same size, at about 8,470 hectares: new forest grew on about 220 hectares, and about 62 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chernivtsi?
Chernivtsi has an estimated 140,603 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 44.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chernivtsi need?
Chernivtsi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Chernivtsi'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 Lenins'kyi district; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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