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Lviv Air quality today
Air quality in Lviv currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 61
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.9
- tree cover
- 39.5%
- trees in this area
- 124K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Halytskyi District, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, 79000 (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lviv · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Lviv's tree count comes to 123,845 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lviv today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Lublin and Tarnów
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.9
PM10
19.9
NO₂
15.0
O₃
28.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
268.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lviv's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 49 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 7.
Where Lviv stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lviv: Healthy tree cover
39.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
123,845
Target trees
123,845
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lviv lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lviv has lost about 328 hectares of forest (about 460 football pitches): 4.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 328 haabout 460 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 202 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 32 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 | 11 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | 27 ha | 32 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | 14 ha | 22 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 12 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 7 ha | 20 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lviv?
- Towns and roadscleared for good61% · 200 ha
- Loggingcan grow back34% · 111 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.4% · 15 ha
Also: mining and energy.
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
- 11,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- +61 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lviv stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 240 hectares, and about 180 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 Lviv right now?
The latest reading for Lviv shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lviv today?
At AQI 61 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Lviv been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lviv's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 49 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 88 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 Lviv lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lviv has lost about 328 hectares of forest (about 460 football pitches): 4.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lviv stayed about the same size, at about 11,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 240 hectares, and about 180 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lviv?
Lviv has an estimated 123,845 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 39.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lviv need?
Lviv has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lviv'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 Halytskyi District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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