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Gjakovë Air quality today
Air quality in Gjakovë currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 52
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.1
- tree cover
- 16.0%
- trees in this area
- 50.3K
- more trees needed
- 44.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gjakove, Republic of Kosovo (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gjakovë · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Gjakovë's tree count comes to 50,265 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,982 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gjakovë today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Tetovo and Pristina
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.1
PM10
5.6
NO₂
0.9
O₃
77.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
147.0
- 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 Gjakovë's daily AQI at 96 on average, from 52 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 6.
Where Gjakovë stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gjakovë: Critically low
16.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
50,265
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
43,982
CO₂ if planted / yr
967.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gjakovë lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gjakovë has lost about 739 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 739 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 16 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 221 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 | 30 ha | 30 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 22 ha | 23 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 36 ha | 36 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 29 ha | 29 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 88 ha | 88 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 17 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 20 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 40 ha | 40 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 221 ha | 221 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Gjakovë?
- Loggingcan grow back66% · 485 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back25% · 185 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown8.6% · 64 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads.
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
- 7,910 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,880 ha
- Overall change
- −32 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gjakovë stayed about the same size, at about 7,880 hectares: new forest grew on about 294 hectares, and about 326 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Gjakovë
What is the air quality (AQI) in Gjakovë right now?
The latest reading for Gjakovë shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, 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 Gjakovë today?
At AQI 52 (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 Gjakovë been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gjakovë's daily AQI at 96 on average, from 52 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 6. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Gjakovë lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gjakovë has lost about 739 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 62 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 16 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gjakovë stayed about the same size, at about 7,880 hectares: new forest grew on about 294 hectares, and about 326 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gjakovë?
Gjakovë has an estimated 50,265 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.0% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gjakovë need?
Gjakovë needs roughly 43,982 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 967.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gjakovë'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 Gjakove; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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