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Esbjerg Air quality today
Air quality in Esbjerg currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 29
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.1
- tree cover
- 23.2%
- trees in this area
- 60.6K
- more trees needed
- 17.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Esbjerg, Denmark (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Esbjerg · AQI 29 (Good)
Esbjerg's tree count comes to 60,567 trees across 10.45 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 17,753 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Esbjerg today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Aarhus and Kiel
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.1
PM10
7.1
NO₂
5.1
O₃
48.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
182.0
- 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 Esbjerg's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 41 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 9.
Where Esbjerg stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Esbjerg: Below target
23.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.45 km² of land.
Trees in this area
60,567
Target trees
78,320
More trees needed
17,753
CO₂ if planted / yr
390.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Esbjerg lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esbjerg has lost about 146 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 8.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 10 hectares (7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 146 haabout 200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 10 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 35 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 | 30 ha | 30 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Esbjerg?
- Loggingcan grow back89% · 129 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.3% · 9 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.8% · 6 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural 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
- 1,220 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,410 ha
- Overall change
- +188 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esbjerg grew from about 1,220 hectares to 1,410 hectares, a net gain of about 188 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 314 hectares, while 126 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Esbjerg
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Århus133.8 km
Denmark
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 52
- Kiel167.0 km
Germany
- Tree cover
- 35%
- Air quality
- 51
- Aalborg197.4 km
Denmark
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 30
- Bremerhaven213.3 km
Germany
- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 55
- Lübeck228.8 km
Germany
- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 53
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Esbjerg right now?
The latest reading for Esbjerg shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Esbjerg today?
At AQI 29 (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 Esbjerg been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Esbjerg's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 41 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Esbjerg lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esbjerg has lost about 146 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 8.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 10 hectares (7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esbjerg grew from about 1,220 hectares to 1,410 hectares, a net gain of about 188 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 314 hectares, while 126 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Esbjerg?
Esbjerg has an estimated 60,567 trees across the 10.45 km² of land measured — 23.2% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Esbjerg need?
Esbjerg needs roughly 17,753 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 390.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Esbjerg'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 Esbjerg; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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