Douglas
2 km around Douglas
Air quality now
AQI 88
26.3%
tree cover
7.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
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Isle of Man air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in the Isle of Man. Douglas reads AQI 88 right now.
- cities measured
- 1
- national forest cover
- 6.4%
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Isle of Man
Air quality in Douglas right now
Moderate
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has the Isle of Man lost?
Since 2001, the Isle of Man has lost about 518 hectares of forest (about 720 football pitches): 4.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 37 hectares (7.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 518 haabout 720 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 37 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 12 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 23 ha | 26 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 25 ha | 30 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 41 ha | 47 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 44 ha | 50 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 30 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 17 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 41 ha | 43 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 18 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 17 ha | 17 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 76 ha | 77 ha |
The worst year was 2025, when about 77 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in the Isle of Man?
- Loggingcan grow back82% · 423 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.7% · 35 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.5% · 13 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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.
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. How it's measured
Isle of Man as a whole
6.4% of the Isle of Man was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 13.5M trees across 13.5K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Air quality in the Isle of Man: your questions answered
What is the air quality in the Isle of Man today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in the Isle of Man. Douglas reads AQI 88 right now.
How much forest has the Isle of Man lost since 2001?
About 518 ha from 2001 to 2025, 4% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 37 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in the Isle of Man?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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