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Kutaisi Air quality today
Air quality in Kutaisi currently reads AQI 41 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 41
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 42.3%
- trees in this area
- 131K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kutaisi, Georgia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kutaisi · AQI 41 (Good)
Kutaisi's tree count comes to 131,295 trees across 12.42 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kutaisi today: AQI 41, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Lado Asatiani street, Kutaisi, Georgia, 2.1 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.4
PM10
29.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, საქართველოს გარემოს დაცვისა და სოფლის მეურნეობის სამინისტრო - Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
- 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 Kutaisi's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 15 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4.
Where Kutaisi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kutaisi: Healthy tree cover
42.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
131,295
Target trees
131,295
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kutaisi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kutaisi has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (5.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 109 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 40 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 | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 31 ha | 32 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 38 ha | 40 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 | 4 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | 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 Kutaisi?
- Loggingcan grow back84% · 92 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.7% · 2 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 10,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,600 ha
- Overall change
- +340 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kutaisi grew from about 10,300 hectares to 10,600 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 122 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 Kutaisi right now?
The latest reading for Kutaisi shows an AQI of 41 (Good), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Lado Asatiani street, Kutaisi, Georgia ground monitoring station, 2.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kutaisi today?
At AQI 41 (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 Kutaisi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kutaisi's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 15 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 53 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 Kutaisi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kutaisi has lost about 109 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (5.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kutaisi grew from about 10,300 hectares to 10,600 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 122 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kutaisi?
Kutaisi has an estimated 131,295 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 42.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kutaisi need?
Kutaisi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kutaisi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Kutaisi, 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 Kutaisi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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