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Klaipėda Air quality today
Air quality in Klaipėda currently reads AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 111
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.6
- tree cover
- 25.2%
- trees in this area
- 70.6K
- more trees needed
- 27.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Klaipeda, Klaipeda City Municipality, Lithuania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Klaipėda · AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Klaipėda's tree count comes to 70,618 trees across 11.21 km² of land, 10 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,463 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Klaipėda today: AQI 111, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Klaipėda Šilutės Pl., Lithuania, 3.7 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.6
PM10
50.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, AAA - Aplinkos Apsaugos Agentūra (Lithuania Environmental Protection Agency, European Environment Agency
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Klaipėda's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 13 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 10.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Klaipėda: Below target
25.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.21 km² of land.
Trees in this area
70,618
Target trees
98,081
More trees needed
27,463
CO₂ if planted / yr
604.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Klaipėda lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Klaipėda has lost about 681 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 45 hectares (6.6%) 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 south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 681 haabout 950 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 45 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 125 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 123 ha | 125 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 15 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 16 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 44 ha | 47 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 61 ha | 77 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 73 ha | 73 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 29 ha | 32 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 22 ha | 24 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 52 ha | 54 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 25 ha | 27 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 30 ha | 31 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 37 ha | 39 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Klaipėda?
- Loggingcan grow back67% · 455 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back23% · 158 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · 43 ha
Also: 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
- 4,070 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,320 ha
- Overall change
- +255 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Klaipėda grew from about 4,070 hectares to 4,320 hectares, a net gain of about 255 hectares (+6.3%). New forest grew on about 585 hectares, while 330 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 Klaipėda right now?
The latest reading for Klaipėda shows an AQI of 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 15:00 local time by the Klaipėda Šilutės Pl., Lithuania ground monitoring station, 3.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Klaipėda today?
At AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Klaipėda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Klaipėda's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 13 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Klaipėda lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Klaipėda has lost about 681 hectares of forest (about 950 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 45 hectares (6.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Klaipėda grew from about 4,070 hectares to 4,320 hectares, a net gain of about 255 hectares (+6.3%). New forest grew on about 585 hectares, while 330 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Klaipėda?
Klaipėda has an estimated 70,618 trees across the 11.21 km² of land measured — 25.2% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Klaipėda need?
Klaipėda needs roughly 27,463 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 604.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Klaipėda's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Klaipeda, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Klaipeda; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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