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Kielce Air quality today
Air quality in Kielce currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.0
- tree cover
- 27.5%
- trees in this area
- 86.4K
- more trees needed
- 7.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kielce, Poland (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kielce · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Kielce's tree count comes to 86,394 trees across 12.57 km², 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 7,854 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kielce today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Radom and Tarnów
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.0
PM10
28.2
NO₂
9.2
O₃
33.0
SO₂
5.0
CO
305.0
- 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 Kielce's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 76 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 9.
Where Kielce stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kielce: Below target
27.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
86,394
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
7,854
CO₂ if planted / yr
172.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kielce lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kielce has lost about 921 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 7.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 204 hectares (22%) 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 northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 921 haabout 1,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 204 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 122 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 12 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 25 ha | 27 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 26 ha | 35 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 12 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | 22 ha | 33 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 16 ha | 27 ha | 43 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | 32 ha | 41 ha |
| 2011 | 46 ha | 76 ha | 122 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 29 ha | 33 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 19 ha | 25 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 21 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 21 ha | 23 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | 44 ha | 60 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 26 ha | 31 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 23 ha | 26 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | 29 ha | 44 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 45 ha | 57 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 36 ha | 38 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 32 ha | 39 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 41 ha | 49 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 22 ha | 28 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 76 ha | 78 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kielce?
- Loggingcan grow back76% · 703 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 144 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.3% · 58 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
- 14,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,600 ha
- Overall change
- +241 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kielce stayed about the same size, at about 14,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 540 hectares, and about 298 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 Kielce
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Radom69.4 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 55
- Tarnów98.6 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 39
- Kraków102.4 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 54
- Częstochowa105.9 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 98
- Dąbrowa Górnicza116.8 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 44%
- Air quality
- 115
- Łódź128.2 km
Poland
- Tree cover
- 35%
- Air quality
- 137
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kielce right now?
The latest reading for Kielce shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 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 Kielce today?
At AQI 60 (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 Kielce been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kielce's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 76 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kielce lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kielce has lost about 921 hectares of forest (about 1,300 football pitches): 7.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 204 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kielce stayed about the same size, at about 14,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 540 hectares, and about 298 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kielce?
Kielce has an estimated 86,394 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.5% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kielce need?
Kielce needs roughly 7,854 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 172.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kielce'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 Kielce; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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