City report · Tajikistan
Dushanbe Air quality today
Air quality in Dushanbe currently reads AQI 12 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 12
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.2
- tree cover
- 5.4%
- trees in this area
- 17.0K
- more trees needed
- 77.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Dushanbe, Tajikistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dushanbe · AQI 12 (Good)
Dushanbe's tree count comes to 16,965 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 77,283 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dushanbe today: AQI 12, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Dushanbe US Embassy, Tajikistan, 2.4 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, World Meteorological Organization - surface synoptic observations (WMO-SYNOP), Dushanbe Air Quality Monitor - US Embassy
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dushanbe's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 31 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 7.
Where Dushanbe stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dushanbe: Critically low
5.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
16,965
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
77,283
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,700 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dushanbe lost?
There was almost no forest around Dushanbe in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 199 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 442 ha
- Overall change
- +243 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dushanbe grew from about 199 hectares to 442 hectares, a net gain of about 243 hectares (+122%). New forest grew on about 243 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Dushanbe right now?
The latest reading for Dushanbe shows an AQI of 12 (Good), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Dushanbe US Embassy, Tajikistan ground monitoring station, 2.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Dushanbe today?
At AQI 12 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Dushanbe been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dushanbe's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 31 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 92 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 Dushanbe lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Dushanbe in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dushanbe grew from about 199 hectares to 442 hectares, a net gain of about 243 hectares (+122%). New forest grew on about 243 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Dushanbe?
Dushanbe has an estimated 16,965 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.4% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dushanbe need?
Dushanbe needs roughly 77,283 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,700 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Dushanbe's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Dushanbe, 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 Dushanbe; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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