City report · Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
Chirchiq Air quality today
Air quality in Chirchiq currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 42
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.3
- tree cover
- 22.7%
- trees in this area
- 71.1K
- more trees needed
- 22.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chirchik, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chirchiq · AQI 42 (Good)
Chirchiq's tree count comes to 71,100 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,865 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chirchiq today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Tashkent and Khujand
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.3
PM10
2.9
NO₂
2.3
O₃
49.0
SO₂
2.4
CO
145.0
- 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 Chirchiq's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 24 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 4.
Where Chirchiq stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chirchiq: Below target
22.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
71,100
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
22,865
CO₂ if planted / yr
503.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chirchiq lost?
There was very little forest around Chirchiq in 2000, about 89 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2002, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 81 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 139 ha
- Overall change
- +58 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chirchiq grew from about 81 hectares to 139 hectares, a net gain of about 58 hectares. New forest grew on about 66 hectares, while 8 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 Chirchiq right now?
The latest reading for Chirchiq shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chirchiq today?
At AQI 42 (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 Chirchiq been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chirchiq's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 24 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chirchiq lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Chirchiq in 2000, about 89 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chirchiq grew from about 81 hectares to 139 hectares, a net gain of about 58 hectares. New forest grew on about 66 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chirchiq?
Chirchiq has an estimated 71,100 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 22.7% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chirchiq need?
Chirchiq needs roughly 22,865 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 503.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chirchiq'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 Chirchik; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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