City report · Donetsk, Ukraine
Donetsk Air quality today
Air quality in Donetsk currently reads AQI 78 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 78
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.7
- tree cover
- 51.1%
- trees in this area
- 153K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kyivs'kyi district, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 83000 (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Donetsk · AQI 78 (Moderate)
Donetsk's tree count comes to 153,311 trees across 12 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Donetsk today: AQI 78, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.7
PM10
28.8
NO₂
9.9
O₃
39.0
SO₂
14.4
CO
228.0
- 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 Donetsk's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 54 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 10.
Where Donetsk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Donetsk: Healthy tree cover
51.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12 km² of land.
Trees in this area
153,311
Target trees
153,311
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Donetsk lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Donetsk has lost about 110 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 110 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 69 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 31 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 26 ha | 31 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Donetsk?
- Towns and roadscleared for good54% · 60 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.3% · 9 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.1% · 3 ha
Also: wildfires, 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 13,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,600 ha
- Overall change
- +1,240 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Donetsk grew from about 13,300 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net gain of about 1,240 hectares (+9.3%). New forest grew on about 1,360 hectares, while 120 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Donetsk right now?
The latest reading for Donetsk shows an AQI of 78 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Donetsk today?
At AQI 78 (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 Donetsk been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Donetsk's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 54 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 151 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Donetsk lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Donetsk has lost about 110 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Donetsk grew from about 13,300 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net gain of about 1,240 hectares (+9.3%). New forest grew on about 1,360 hectares, while 120 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Donetsk?
Donetsk has an estimated 153,311 trees across the 12 km² of land measured — 51.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Donetsk need?
Donetsk has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Donetsk'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 Kyivs'kyi district; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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