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Linköping Air quality today
Air quality in Linköping currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 22
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 28.0%
- trees in this area
- 87.5K
- more trees needed
- 6.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Innerstaden, Linköping, Sweden (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Linköping · AQI 22 (Good)
Linköping's tree count comes to 87,525 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 6,252 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Linköping today: AQI 22, 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 · Gullberg (Linköping), 12.7 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient
- 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 Linköping's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 19 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 10.
Where Linköping stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Linköping: Below target
28.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
87,525
Target trees
93,777
More trees needed
6,252
CO₂ if planted / yr
137.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Linköping lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linköping has lost about 1,900 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 222 hectares (12%) 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
- 1,900 haabout 2,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 22%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 222 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 95 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 90 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2020, when about 148 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 56 ha | 64 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 38 ha | 41 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 75 ha | 88 ha |
| 2005 | 28 ha | 52 ha | 81 ha |
| 2006 | 20 ha | 56 ha | 76 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 84 ha | 97 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 72 ha | 81 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | 67 ha | 81 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 49 ha | 50 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 103 ha | 109 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 42 ha | 52 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 39 ha | 40 ha |
| 2014 | 19 ha | 29 ha | 48 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 47 ha | 50 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | 50 ha | 60 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 48 ha | 60 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 56 ha | 56 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 124 ha | 128 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | 128 ha | 148 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 82 ha | 86 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 93 ha | 95 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 120 ha | 126 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 95 ha | 101 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 59 ha | 68 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Linköping?
- Loggingcan grow back88% · 1,660 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.6% · 163 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.5% · 48 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 7,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,490 ha
- Overall change
- −307 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linköping shrank from about 7,800 hectares to 7,490 hectares, a net loss of about 307 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 396 hectares, but 703 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 Linköping right now?
The latest reading for Linköping shows an AQI of 22 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Gullberg (Linköping) ground monitoring station, 12.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Linköping 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 Linköping been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Linköping's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 19 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Linköping lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Linköping has lost about 1,900 hectares of forest (about 2,700 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 222 hectares (12%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 95 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 90 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Linköping shrank from about 7,800 hectares to 7,490 hectares, a net loss of about 307 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 396 hectares, but 703 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Linköping?
Linköping has an estimated 87,525 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 28.0% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Linköping need?
Linköping needs roughly 6,252 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 137.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Linköping's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Innerstaden, 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 Innerstaden; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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