City report · New Aquitaine, France
Limoges Air quality today
Air quality in Limoges currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 22
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.4
- tree cover
- 25.3%
- trees in this area
- 79.2K
- more trees needed
- 14.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Limoges, France (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Limoges · AQI 22 (Good)
Limoges's tree count comes to 79,164 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 14,706 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Limoges today: AQI 22, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Clermont-Ferrand and Tours
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.4
PM10
4.8
NO₂
2.6
O₃
54.0
SO₂
0.1
CO
142.0
- 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 Limoges's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 5.
Where Limoges stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Limoges: Below target
25.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
79,164
Target trees
93,870
More trees needed
14,706
CO₂ if planted / yr
323.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Limoges lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Limoges has lost about 410 hectares of forest (about 570 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 101 hectares (25%) 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
- 410 haabout 570 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 101 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 51 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 | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 32 ha | 36 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 22 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 7 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 22 ha | 29 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 27 ha | 32 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 19 ha | 22 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 47 ha | 51 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 16 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 13 ha | 17 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 18 ha | 23 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Limoges?
- Loggingcan grow back70% · 288 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · 86 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.6% · 15 ha
Also: 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
- 9,960 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,300 ha
- Overall change
- +330 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Limoges grew from about 9,960 hectares to 10,300 hectares, a net gain of about 330 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 573 hectares, while 242 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 Limoges
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Clermont-Ferrand142.7 km
France
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 20
- Tours178.5 km
France
- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 51
- Bordeaux180.5 km
France
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 25
- Angers228.1 km
France
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 59
- Orléans235.4 km
France
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 46
- Saint-Étienne248.3 km
France
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 36
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Limoges right now?
The latest reading for Limoges shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Limoges today?
At AQI 22 (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 Limoges been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Limoges's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 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 Limoges lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Limoges has lost about 410 hectares of forest (about 570 football pitches): 5.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 101 hectares (25%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Limoges grew from about 9,960 hectares to 10,300 hectares, a net gain of about 330 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 573 hectares, while 242 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Limoges?
Limoges has an estimated 79,164 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 25.3% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Limoges need?
Limoges needs roughly 14,706 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 323.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Limoges'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 Limoges; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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