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Elbasan Air quality today
Air quality in Elbasan currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 37
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 22.7%
- trees in this area
- 71.3K
- more trees needed
- 22.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Elbasan, Albania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Elbasan · AQI 37 (Good)
Elbasan's tree count comes to 71,314 trees across 12.57 km², 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,934 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Elbasan today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Bitola and Tetovo
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.2
PM10
4.6
NO₂
2.8
O₃
57.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
125.0
- 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 Elbasan's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 23 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 6.
Where Elbasan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Elbasan: Below target
22.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
71,314
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
22,934
CO₂ if planted / yr
504.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Elbasan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Elbasan has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 16 hectares (15%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 107 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 16 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 24 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 23 ha | 24 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Elbasan?
- Wildfirescan grow back58% · 62 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 24 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.8% · 8 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 7,870 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,940 ha
- Overall change
- +69 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Elbasan stayed about the same size, at about 7,940 hectares: new forest grew on about 143 hectares, and about 74 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 Elbasan right now?
The latest reading for Elbasan shows an AQI of 37 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Elbasan today?
At AQI 37 (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 Elbasan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Elbasan's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 23 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Elbasan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Elbasan has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 16 hectares (15%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Elbasan stayed about the same size, at about 7,940 hectares: new forest grew on about 143 hectares, and about 74 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Elbasan?
Elbasan has an estimated 71,314 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 22.7% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Elbasan need?
Elbasan needs roughly 22,934 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 504.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Elbasan'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 Elbasan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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