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Homyel' Air quality today
Air quality in Homyel' currently reads AQI 34 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 34
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.3
- tree cover
- 27.4%
- trees in this area
- 86.0K
- more trees needed
- 8.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zachodni, Homieĺ, Gomel Region, Belarus (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Homyel' · AQI 34 (Good)
Homyel''s tree count comes to 85,994 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 8,160 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Homyel' today: AQI 34, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.3
PM10
8.7
NO₂
5.8
O₃
67.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
170.0
- 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 Homyel''s daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 9.
Where Homyel' stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Homyel': Below target
27.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
85,994
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
8,160
CO₂ if planted / yr
179.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Homyel' lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Homyel' has lost about 465 hectares of forest (about 650 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 200 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 465 haabout 650 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 70 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 10 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | 8 ha | 16 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 11 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | 11 ha | 21 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | 51 ha | 70 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | 17 ha | 25 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | 9 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 37 ha | 6 ha | 43 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | 20 ha | 34 ha | 54 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Homyel'?
- Loggingcan grow back54% · 251 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good22% · 102 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 94 ha
Also: 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
- 4,650 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,830 ha
- Overall change
- +182 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Homyel' grew from about 4,650 hectares to 4,830 hectares, a net gain of about 182 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 279 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 Homyel' right now?
The latest reading for Homyel' shows an AQI of 34 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Homyel' today?
At AQI 34 (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 Homyel' been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Homyel''s daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Homyel' lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Homyel' has lost about 465 hectares of forest (about 650 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 200 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Homyel' grew from about 4,650 hectares to 4,830 hectares, a net gain of about 182 hectares (+3.9%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 279 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Homyel'?
Homyel' has an estimated 85,994 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 27.4% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Homyel' need?
Homyel' needs roughly 8,160 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 179.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Homyel''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 Zachodni; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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