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Kapan Air quality today
Air quality in Kapan currently reads AQI 67 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 67
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.1
- tree cover
- 40.1%
- trees in this area
- 126K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kapan, Armenia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kapan · AQI 67 (Moderate)
Kapan's tree count comes to 125,978 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kapan today: AQI 67, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Yerevan and Hrazdan
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.1
PM10
8.2
NO₂
2.3
O₃
88.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
130.0
- 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 Kapan's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 4.
Where Kapan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kapan: Healthy tree cover
40.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
125,978
Target trees
125,978
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kapan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kapan has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was mining and energy (27%). About 3 hectares (36%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from June 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 9 haabout 13 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kapan?
- Mining and energycleared for good27% · 3 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back16% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 13,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,100 ha
- Overall change
- +65 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kapan stayed about the same size, at about 13,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 238 hectares, and about 173 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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Questions about Kapan
What is the air quality (AQI) in Kapan right now?
The latest reading for Kapan shows an AQI of 67 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Kapan today?
At AQI 67 (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 Kapan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kapan's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kapan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kapan has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was mining and energy (27%). About 3 hectares (36%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kapan stayed about the same size, at about 13,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 238 hectares, and about 173 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kapan?
Kapan has an estimated 125,978 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 40.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kapan need?
Kapan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kapan'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 Kapan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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