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City report · Namangan, Uzbekistan

Chust Air quality today

Air quality in Chust currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 54

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
8.7
tree cover
13.5%
trees in this area
42.4K
more trees needed
51.8K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Chust, Namangan Region, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Chust · AQI 54 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 22, 2026

Chust's tree count comes to 42,412 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 51,836 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Chust today: AQI 54, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Khujand and Tashkent

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

8.7

PM10

3.9

NO₂

4.7

O₃

61.0

SO₂

1.4

CO

200.0

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 Chust's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 35 · peak 103
Nov 4: AQI 46 (peak 63)Nov 5: AQI 69 (peak 103)Nov 6: AQI 37 (peak 79)Nov 7: AQI 24 (peak 31)Nov 8: AQI 14 (peak 19)Nov 9: AQI 31 (peak 50)Nov 10: AQI 25 (peak 43)
Nov 4Nov 10

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Chust: Critically low

13.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

16 points below target

Trees in this area

42,412

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

51,836

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,140 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Chust lost?

There was almost no forest around Chust 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 Chust, September 2018

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

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
132 ha
Forest in 2020
268 ha
Overall change
+136 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chust grew from about 132 hectares to 268 hectares, a net gain of about 136 hectares (+103%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Chust right now?

The latest reading for Chust shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 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 Chust today?

At AQI 54 (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 Chust been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chust's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 14 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 103 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 Chust lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Chust 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chust grew from about 132 hectares to 268 hectares, a net gain of about 136 hectares (+103%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.

What is the tree count in Chust?

Chust has an estimated 42,412 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.5% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Chust need?

Chust needs roughly 51,836 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,140 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

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

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