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Malmö Air quality today
Air quality in Malmö currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 61
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.2
- tree cover
- 15.3%
- trees in this area
- 44.1K
- more trees needed
- 42.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gamla staden, Malmö, Sweden (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Malmö · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Malmö's tree count comes to 44,077 trees across 11.53 km² of land, 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,348 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Malmö today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Malmö Dalaplan, 2.4 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.2
PM10
—
NO₂
7.9
O₃
22.7
SO₂
—
CO
970.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Malmö's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 25 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 10.
Where Malmö stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Malmö: Critically low
15.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
44,077
Target trees
86,425
More trees needed
42,348
CO₂ if planted / yr
931.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Malmö lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malmö has lost about 12 hectares of forest (about 17 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (45%). About 6 hectares (50%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 12 haabout 17 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Malmö?
- Towns and roadscleared for good45% · 5 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown49% · 6 ha
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
- 380 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 494 ha
- Overall change
- +114 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Malmö grew from about 380 hectares to 494 hectares, a net gain of about 114 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 133 hectares, while 19 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Malmö right now?
The latest reading for Malmö shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Malmö Dalaplan, 2.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Malmö 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 Malmö been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Malmö's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 25 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 71 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 Malmö lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malmö has lost about 12 hectares of forest (about 17 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (45%). About 6 hectares (50%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Malmö grew from about 380 hectares to 494 hectares, a net gain of about 114 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 133 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Malmö?
Malmö has an estimated 44,077 trees across the 11.53 km² of land measured — 15.3% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Malmö need?
Malmö needs roughly 42,348 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 931.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Malmö's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Gamla staden, 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 Gamla staden; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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