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Ukraine air quality today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now the 42 cities Airleaf measures in Ukraine average AQI 50 (good). The worst air is in Ivano-Frankivsk, at AQI 80, and the cleanest in Dnipro, at AQI 14.

At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 53 across 3 cities. 2% of the 42 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 52% have Good air.

Average right now

AQI 50

Good

US EPA index, across 42 cities
cities measured
42
worst air: Ivano-Frankivsk
80
cleanest air: Dnipro
14
average tree cover
40.0%

Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.

Air quality right now in the 8 largest cities in Ukraine

Kyiv

2 km around Old Kyiv

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 66

42.3%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 16, 2026

Kharkiv

2 km around Osnovianskyi district

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 55

27.7%
tree cover

7.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 19, 2026

Odesa

2 km around Centre

Good

Air quality now

AQI 34

29.7%
tree cover

634 more trees would reach 30% tree cover

Satellite image Sep 18, 2026

Dnipro

2 km around Shevchenkivskyi district

Good

Air quality now

AQI 14

33.0%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 19, 2026

Donetsk

2 km around Kyivs'kyi district

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 78

51.1%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 19, 2026

Lviv

2 km around Halytskyi District

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 58

39.5%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 19, 2026

Zaporizhzhya

2 km around Voznesenivskyi district

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Air quality now

AQI 117

40.6%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 19, 2026

Kryvyy Rih

2 km around Sotsmisto

Moderate

Air quality now

AQI 81

47.3%
tree cover

Healthy tree cover

Satellite image Sep 20, 2026

Across the country

How clean is the air across Ukraine today?

2% of the 42 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 52% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

42 measured cities

  • Good22 (52%)
  • Moderate19 (45%)
  • Unhealthy for sensitive groups1 (2%)

Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.

In aggregate

Ukraine in numbers

Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 42 of 42 cities measured so far in Ukraine.

Average air quality
AQI 50Mean of the latest reading per city
Average tree cover
40.0%7 of 42 below their target
Trees counted
5.0MAcross every measured area
More trees needed
68.2KTo bring each area to its target

Against everywhere else

How does Ukraine compare with other countries?

Right now the cities of Ukraine average cleaner air than 56% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 89%.

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Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ukraine lost?

Since 2001, Ukraine has lost about 1.4 million hectares of forest (about 14,000 km²): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 19,500 hectares (1.4%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
1.4 million haabout 14,000 km²
Share of its forest
13%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
19,500 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Ukraine, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Ukraine, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.105K

Show the figures as a table
Forest lost each year in Ukraine, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001361 ha28,300 ha28,600 ha
2002433 ha26,300 ha26,700 ha
2003386 ha38,000 ha38,400 ha
2004570 ha48,400 ha49,000 ha
2005392 ha36,000 ha36,400 ha
2006563 ha41,200 ha41,700 ha
2007936 ha63,200 ha64,100 ha
20081,200 ha51,100 ha52,300 ha
2009837 ha46,900 ha47,700 ha
2010658 ha51,600 ha52,200 ha
2011732 ha59,100 ha59,800 ha
2012798 ha54,600 ha55,400 ha
2013381 ha37,100 ha37,400 ha
2014442 ha46,500 ha47,000 ha
2015587 ha47,900 ha48,500 ha
20161,630 ha104,000 ha105,000 ha
20171,550 ha83,200 ha84,700 ha
20181,290 ha71,800 ha73,100 ha
2019753 ha43,600 ha44,400 ha
2020996 ha76,900 ha77,900 ha
2021923 ha64,700 ha65,600 ha
2022651 ha46,600 ha47,300 ha
2023649 ha65,000 ha65,700 ha
2024742 ha79,000 ha79,700 ha
2025986 ha70,800 ha71,800 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 66,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 77,100 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 105,000 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Ukraine?

  • Loggingcan grow back85% · 1.19 million ha
  • Wildfirescan grow back12% · 166,000 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown1.2% · 17,100 ha

Also: farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy.

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

Ukraine as a whole

17.3% of Ukraine was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 7.3B trees across 7.3M hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).

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Air quality in Ukraine: your questions answered

What is the air quality in Ukraine today?

Right now the 42 cities Airleaf measures in Ukraine average AQI 50 (good). The worst air is in Ivano-Frankivsk, at AQI 80, and the cleanest in Dnipro, at AQI 14. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 53 across 3 cities. 2% of the 42 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 52% have Good air.

Which city in Ukraine has the worst air right now?

Ivano-Frankivsk, at AQI 80 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Which city in Ukraine has the cleanest air right now?

Dnipro, at AQI 14 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Ukraine has at least three cities with one.

Is the air in Ukraine safe to breathe today?

It depends on the city. 22 cities are Good, 19 cities are Moderate, 1 city is Unhealthy for sensitive groups. At the national average of AQI 50: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

How much forest has Ukraine lost since 2001?

About 1.4 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 13% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 19,500 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.

Which city in Ukraine has the most trees?

Makiyivka, with 62.0% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.

How does Airleaf measure air quality in Ukraine?

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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