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Gothenburg Air quality today
Air quality in Gothenburg currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 17
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.1
- tree cover
- 18.1%
- trees in this area
- 49.5K
- more trees needed
- 32.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nordstaden, Gothenburg, Sweden (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gothenburg · AQI 17 (Good)
Gothenburg's tree count comes to 49,528 trees across 10.95 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,562 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gothenburg today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Göteborg Femman, 300 m away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.1
PM10
5.3
NO₂
21.5
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Gothenburg's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 33 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 9.
Where Gothenburg stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gothenburg: Below target
18.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.95 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,528
Target trees
82,090
More trees needed
32,562
CO₂ if planted / yr
716.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gothenburg lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gothenburg has lost about 965 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 965 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 701 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 101 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 30 ha | 37 ha | 67 ha |
| 2003 | 15 ha | 12 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 26 ha | 12 ha | 38 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2006 | 52 ha | 18 ha | 70 ha |
| 2007 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2008 | 44 ha | 57 ha | 101 ha |
| 2009 | 32 ha | 31 ha | 63 ha |
| 2010 | 29 ha | 6 ha | 35 ha |
| 2011 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 4 ha | 32 ha |
| 2013 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | 4 ha | 19 ha |
| 2015 | 21 ha | 7 ha | 27 ha |
| 2016 | 46 ha | 5 ha | 51 ha |
| 2017 | 51 ha | 8 ha | 59 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | 12 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 39 ha | 6 ha | 45 ha |
| 2020 | 46 ha | 4 ha | 49 ha |
| 2021 | 32 ha | 5 ha | 38 ha |
| 2022 | 25 ha | 2 ha | 27 ha |
| 2023 | 28 ha | 3 ha | 31 ha |
| 2024 | 40 ha | 4 ha | 44 ha |
| 2025 | 23 ha | 8 ha | 30 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Gothenburg?
- Towns and roadscleared for good72% · 692 ha
- Loggingcan grow back23% · 220 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.2% · 21 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 11,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,200 ha
- Overall change
- −617 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gothenburg shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,200 hectares, a net loss of about 617 hectares (−5.2%). New forest grew on about 190 hectares, but 806 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 Gothenburg
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Aalborg143.0 km
Denmark
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 30
- Helsingborg189.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 27%
- Air quality
- 49
- Århus202.7 km
Denmark
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 52
- Linköping228.8 km
Sweden
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 17
- Copenhagen228.8 km
Denmark
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 62
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Gothenburg right now?
The latest reading for Gothenburg shows an AQI of 17 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Göteborg Femman, 300 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gothenburg today?
At AQI 17 (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 Gothenburg been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gothenburg's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 33 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 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 Gothenburg lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gothenburg has lost about 965 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gothenburg shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,200 hectares, a net loss of about 617 hectares (−5.2%). New forest grew on about 190 hectares, but 806 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gothenburg?
Gothenburg has an estimated 49,528 trees across the 10.95 km² of land measured — 18.1% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gothenburg need?
Gothenburg needs roughly 32,562 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 716.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gothenburg's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Nordstaden, 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 Nordstaden; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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