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Larnaca Air quality today
Air quality in Larnaca currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 31
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 0.8
- tree cover
- 5.3%
- trees in this area
- 14.1K
- more trees needed
- 65.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chrysopolitissa, Larnaka, Cyprus (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Larnaca · AQI 31 (Good)
Larnaca's tree count comes to 14,136 trees across 10.67 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,880 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Larnaca today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: Ozone · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Ormidia - Industrial Station, 15.8 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
0.8
PM10
11.4
NO₂
7.0
O₃
67.1
SO₂
3.2
CO
334.5
Data: OpenAQ · Republic of Cyprus Department of Labor Inspection, Department of Labour Inspection, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 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 Larnaca's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 37 on Nov 5.
Where Larnaca stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Larnaca: Critically low
5.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.67 km² of land.
Trees in this area
14,136
Target trees
80,016
More trees needed
65,880
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,449 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Larnaca lost?
There was very little forest around Larnaca in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Larnaca?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good60% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown30% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Larnaca
What is the air quality (AQI) in Larnaca right now?
The latest reading for Larnaca shows an AQI of 31 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Ormidia - Industrial Station, 15.8 km away). The main pollutant is Ozone. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Larnaca today?
At AQI 31 (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 Larnaca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Larnaca's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 14 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 37 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Larnaca lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Larnaca in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Larnaca?
Larnaca has an estimated 14,136 trees across the 10.67 km² of land measured — 5.3% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Larnaca need?
Larnaca needs roughly 65,880 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,449 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Larnaca's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chrysopolitissa, 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 Chrysopolitissa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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