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Limassol Air quality today
Air quality in Limassol currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 37
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.6
- tree cover
- 6.3%
- trees in this area
- 17.5K
- more trees needed
- 65.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ag. Zoni, Lemesos, Cyprus (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Limassol · AQI 37 (Good)
Limassol's tree count comes to 17,516 trees across 11.12 km² of land, 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,893 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Limassol today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Limassol - Traffic Station, 300 m away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.6
PM10
27.0
NO₂
45.7
O₃
32.6
SO₂
1.3
CO
406.3
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 Limassol's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 15 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 7.
Where Limassol stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Limassol: Critically low
6.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.12 km² of land.
Trees in this area
17,516
Target trees
83,409
More trees needed
65,893
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,450 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Limassol lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Limassol has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 92 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 57 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 15 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 | 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 14 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 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 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Limassol?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good50% · 46 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back32% · 29 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · 11 ha
Also: 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
- 368 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 396 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Limassol grew from about 368 hectares to 396 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+7.6%). New forest grew on about 91 hectares, while 63 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 Limassol right now?
The latest reading for Limassol shows an AQI of 37 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Limassol - Traffic Station ground monitoring station, 300 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Limassol today?
At AQI 37 (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 Limassol been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Limassol's daily AQI at 22 on average, from 15 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 34 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Limassol lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Limassol has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Limassol grew from about 368 hectares to 396 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+7.6%). New forest grew on about 91 hectares, while 63 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Limassol?
Limassol has an estimated 17,516 trees across the 11.12 km² of land measured — 6.3% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Limassol need?
Limassol needs roughly 65,893 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,450 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Limassol's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ag. Zoni, 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 Ag. Zoni; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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