City report · North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Düsseldorf Air quality today
Air quality in Düsseldorf currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 55
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.2
- tree cover
- 23.5%
- trees in this area
- 67.0K
- more trees needed
- 18.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte, Stadtbezirk 1, Düsseldorf, Germany (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Düsseldorf · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Düsseldorf's tree count comes to 67,035 trees across 11.41 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,542 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Düsseldorf today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Düsseldorf Corneliusstraße, 1.1 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.2
PM10
14.6
NO₂
33.9
O₃
4.9
SO₂
0.5
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Düsseldorf's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 49 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 7.
Where Düsseldorf stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Düsseldorf: Below target
23.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
67,035
Target trees
85,577
More trees needed
18,542
CO₂ if planted / yr
407.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Düsseldorf lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Düsseldorf has lost about 108 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (45%), after which forest can grow back. About 42 hectares (39%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 108 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 42 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 11 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 | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Düsseldorf?
- Loggingcan grow back45% · 49 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good32% · 35 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.4% · 7 ha
Also: 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
- 12,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,800 ha
- Overall change
- +186 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Düsseldorf stayed about the same size, at about 12,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 447 hectares, and about 261 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 Düsseldorf right now?
The latest reading for Düsseldorf shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Düsseldorf Corneliusstraße, 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Düsseldorf today?
At AQI 55 (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 Düsseldorf been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Düsseldorf's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 49 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 95 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Düsseldorf lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Düsseldorf has lost about 108 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (45%), after which forest can grow back. About 42 hectares (39%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Düsseldorf stayed about the same size, at about 12,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 447 hectares, and about 261 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Düsseldorf?
Düsseldorf has an estimated 67,035 trees across the 11.41 km² of land measured — 23.5% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Düsseldorf need?
Düsseldorf needs roughly 18,542 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 407.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Düsseldorf's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Düsseldorf-Stadtmitte; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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