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Herceg Novi Air quality today
Air quality in Herceg Novi currently reads AQI 97 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 97
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 32.8
- tree cover
- 60.8%
- trees in this area
- 100K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Herceg Novi, Montenegro (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Herceg Novi · AQI 97 (Moderate)
Herceg Novi's tree count comes to 100,280 trees across 6.6 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Herceg Novi today: AQI 97, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Niksic and Sarajevo
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
32.8
PM10
8.8
NO₂
1.8
O₃
68.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
167.0
- 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 Herceg Novi's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 39 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 6.
Where Herceg Novi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Herceg Novi: Healthy tree cover
60.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.6 km² of land.
Trees in this area
100,280
Target trees
100,280
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Herceg Novi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Herceg Novi has lost about 677 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 86 hectares (13%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 677 haabout 950 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 86 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 31 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 83 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 218 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 | 1 ha | 14 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 18 ha | 22 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 215 ha | 218 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 174 ha | 176 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 9 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 30 ha | 38 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 72 ha | 83 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 7 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Herceg Novi?
- Wildfirescan grow back77% · 519 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 81 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.5% · 57 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 11,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,300 ha
- Overall change
- −301 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Herceg Novi shrank from about 11,600 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net loss of about 301 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 457 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 Herceg Novi right now?
The latest reading for Herceg Novi shows an AQI of 97 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 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 Herceg Novi today?
At AQI 97 (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 Herceg Novi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Herceg Novi's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 39 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 80 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 Herceg Novi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Herceg Novi has lost about 677 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 86 hectares (13%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 31 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 83 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Herceg Novi shrank from about 11,600 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net loss of about 301 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 457 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Herceg Novi?
Herceg Novi has an estimated 100,280 trees across the 6.6 km² of land measured — 60.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Herceg Novi need?
Herceg Novi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Herceg Novi'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 Herceg Novi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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