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Daugavpils Air quality today
Air quality in Daugavpils currently reads AQI 95 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 95
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 29.5
- tree cover
- 25.1%
- trees in this area
- 78.5K
- more trees needed
- 15.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Daugavpils, Latvia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Daugavpils · AQI 95 (Moderate)
Daugavpils's tree count comes to 78,460 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 15,317 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Daugavpils today: AQI 95, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Riga and Jelgava
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
29.5
PM10
11.8
NO₂
5.0
O₃
31.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
188.0
- 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 Daugavpils's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10.
Where Daugavpils stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Daugavpils: Below target
25.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,460
Target trees
93,777
More trees needed
15,317
CO₂ if planted / yr
337.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Daugavpils lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Daugavpils has lost about 2,090 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 75 hectares (3.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,090 haabout 2,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 75 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 121 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 78 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 190 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 35 ha | 40 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 36 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 22 ha | 22 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 44 ha | 45 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 73 ha | 77 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 65 ha | 70 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 105 ha | 110 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 131 ha | 133 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 63 ha | 63 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 172 ha | 178 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 147 ha | 150 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 37 ha | 38 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 30 ha | 30 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 66 ha | 68 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 39 ha | 41 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 68 ha | 72 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 40 ha | 44 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 132 ha | 134 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 73 ha | 75 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 69 ha | 71 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 69 ha | 71 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 184 ha | 190 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 130 ha | 135 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 132 ha | 137 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Daugavpils?
- Loggingcan grow back95% · 2,000 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.1% · 66 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.1% · 23 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 10,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- +350 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Daugavpils grew from about 10,800 hectares to 11,100 hectares, a net gain of about 350 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 1,120 hectares, while 775 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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- Air quality
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- Vilnius154.7 km
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- Air quality
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- Jelgava193.9 km
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- Air quality
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- Kaunas198.4 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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- Šiauliai200.5 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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Questions about Daugavpils
What is the air quality (AQI) in Daugavpils right now?
The latest reading for Daugavpils shows an AQI of 95 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 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 Daugavpils today?
At AQI 95 (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 Daugavpils been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Daugavpils's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 22 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Daugavpils lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Daugavpils has lost about 2,090 hectares of forest (about 2,900 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 75 hectares (3.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 121 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 78 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Daugavpils grew from about 10,800 hectares to 11,100 hectares, a net gain of about 350 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 1,120 hectares, while 775 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Daugavpils?
Daugavpils has an estimated 78,460 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 25.1% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Daugavpils need?
Daugavpils needs roughly 15,317 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 337.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Daugavpils'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 Daugavpils; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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