Europe · city reports
Trees & air quality in Switzerland
How much tree cover Switzerland's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 32.4%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Gelbes QuartierAQI 33
5 cities in Switzerland
Bern
2 km around Gelbes Quartier
Tree cover
55%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Zürich
2 km radius
Geneva
2 km around Cité
Tree cover
29%
3.5K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Basel
2 km around Basel-Iselin
Tree cover
38%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Lausanne
2 km around Lausanne
Tree cover
42%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Switzerland as a whole
32.4% of Switzerland was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
More of Europe
Aland IslandsAlbaniaAndorraAustriaBelarusBelgiumBosnia and HerzegovinaBulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFaroe IslandsFinlandFranceGermanyGibraltarGreeceGuernseyHungaryIcelandIrelandIsle of ManItalyJerseyKosovoLatviaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMaltaMoldovaMonacoMontenegroNorth MacedoniaNorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaRussiaSan MarinoSerbiaSlovakiaSloveniaSpainSvalbard and Jan MayenSwedenThe NetherlandsUkraineUnited KingdomVatican
Your own street