City report · Campania, Italy
Naples Air quality today
Air quality in Naples 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
- 7.4%
- trees in this area
- 20.2K
- more trees needed
- 61.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Naples, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Naples · AQI 22 (Good)
Naples's tree count comes to 20,156 trees across 10.9 km² of land, 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,557 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Naples 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 · Via Pratola, 11.9 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Dario
- 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 Naples's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 53 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 9.
Where Naples stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Naples: Critically low
7.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.9 km² of land.
Trees in this area
20,156
Target trees
81,713
More trees needed
61,557
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,354 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Naples lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Naples has lost about 35 hectares of forest (about 49 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 35 haabout 49 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 18 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 6 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Naples?
- Towns and roadscleared for good51% · 18 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back24% · 9 ha
- Loggingcan grow back10% · 4 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
- 2,610 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,720 ha
- Overall change
- +114 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Naples grew from about 2,610 hectares to 2,720 hectares, a net gain of about 114 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, while 45 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Naples right now?
The latest reading for Naples shows an AQI of 22 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Via Pratola ground monitoring station, 11.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Naples 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 Naples been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Naples's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 53 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Naples lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Naples has lost about 35 hectares of forest (about 49 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (51%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Naples grew from about 2,610 hectares to 2,720 hectares, a net gain of about 114 hectares (+4.4%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, while 45 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Naples?
Naples has an estimated 20,156 trees across the 10.9 km² of land measured — 7.4% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Naples need?
Naples needs roughly 61,557 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,354 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Naples's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Naples, 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 Naples; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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