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Mitrovicë Air quality today
Air quality in Mitrovicë currently reads AQI 91 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 91
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.3
- tree cover
- 14.1%
- trees in this area
- 44.2K
- more trees needed
- 49.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mitrovice, Republic of Kosovo (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mitrovicë · AQI 91 (Moderate)
Mitrovicë's tree count comes to 44,208 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,851 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mitrovicë today: AQI 91, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Pristina and Niš
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.3
PM10
10.4
NO₂
3.9
O₃
48.0
SO₂
2.3
CO
173.0
- 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 Mitrovicë's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 81 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 9.
Where Mitrovicë stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mitrovicë: Critically low
14.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
44,208
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
49,851
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,097 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mitrovicë lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mitrovicë has lost about 505 hectares of forest (about 710 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 28 hectares (5.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 505 haabout 710 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 28 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 56 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 | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 13 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 25 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 27 ha | 28 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 27 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 30 ha | 32 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 49 ha | 50 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 18 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 39 ha | 40 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 52 ha | 56 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 16 ha | 20 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 33 ha | 34 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mitrovicë?
- Loggingcan grow back86% · 437 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5.5% · 28 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.4% · 22 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 12,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,600 ha
- Overall change
- −126 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mitrovicë stayed about the same size, at about 12,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 245 hectares, and about 370 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 Mitrovicë right now?
The latest reading for Mitrovicë shows an AQI of 91 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 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 Mitrovicë today?
At AQI 91 (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 Mitrovicë been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mitrovicë's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 81 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 9. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mitrovicë lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mitrovicë has lost about 505 hectares of forest (about 710 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 28 hectares (5.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mitrovicë stayed about the same size, at about 12,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 245 hectares, and about 370 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mitrovicë?
Mitrovicë has an estimated 44,208 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 14.1% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mitrovicë need?
Mitrovicë needs roughly 49,851 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,097 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mitrovicë'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 Mitrovice; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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