City report · British Columbia, Canada
Kamloops Air quality today
Air quality in Kamloops currently reads AQI 30 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 30
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.6
- tree cover
- 18.0%
- trees in this area
- 54.3K
- more trees needed
- 36.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around City Centre, Kamloops, BC, Canada (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kamloops · AQI 30 (Good)
Kamloops's tree count comes to 54,343 trees across 12.08 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,229 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kamloops today: AQI 30, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 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. Kelowna and Chilliwack
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.6
PM10
6.0
NO₂
4.9
O₃
59.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
257.0
- 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 Kamloops's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 113 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Canada's AQHI
Where Kamloops stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kamloops: Below target
18.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.08 km² of land.
Trees in this area
54,343
Target trees
90,572
More trees needed
36,229
CO₂ if planted / yr
797.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kamloops lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kamloops has lost about 832 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 832 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 58 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 273 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 | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 272 ha | 273 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 155 ha | 159 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 26 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | 94 ha | 105 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 13 ha | 26 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 18 ha | 20 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 17 ha | 23 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 41 ha | 41 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 22 ha | 22 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 71 ha | 71 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kamloops?
- Wildfirescan grow back55% · 455 ha
- Loggingcan grow back33% · 272 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.2% · 52 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 7,390 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,120 ha
- Overall change
- −275 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kamloops shrank from about 7,390 hectares to 7,120 hectares, a net loss of about 275 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 335 hectares, but 610 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 Kamloops
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kelowna105.3 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 21
- Chilliwack203.7 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 17
- Abbotsford226.2 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 55%
- Air quality
- 28
- Coquitlam233.7 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 42%
- Air quality
- 21
- Langley241.6 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 26
- Burnaby244.3 km
Canada
- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 23
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kamloops right now?
The latest reading for Kamloops shows an AQI of 30 (Good), observed Nov 10, 17:00 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 Kamloops today?
At AQI 30 (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 Kamloops been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kamloops's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 113 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Kamloops's AQI the same as Canada's AQHI?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. Canada's Air Quality Health Index (AQHI), from Environment and Climate Change Canada, runs from 1 to 10 and above: 1–3 low risk, 4–6 moderate, 7–10 high and over 10 very high. It combines ozone, nitrogen dioxide and fine particles into one health-risk number, so it isn't a converted AQI, and the two can move differently, especially in wildfire smoke.
How much forest has the area around Kamloops lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kamloops has lost about 832 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kamloops shrank from about 7,390 hectares to 7,120 hectares, a net loss of about 275 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 335 hectares, but 610 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kamloops?
Kamloops has an estimated 54,343 trees across the 12.08 km² of land measured — 18.0% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kamloops need?
Kamloops needs roughly 36,229 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 797.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kamloops'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 City Centre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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