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Nicosia Air quality today
Air quality in Nicosia currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 39
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.0
- tree cover
- 14.0%
- trees in this area
- 44.0K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around City Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nicosia · AQI 39 (Good)
Nicosia's tree count comes to 43,982 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,265 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nicosia today: AQI 39, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Nicosia - Traffic Station, 2.4 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.0
PM10
27.4
NO₂
36.9
O₃
54.6
SO₂
4.1
CO
344.2
Data: OpenAQ · EEA, Republic of Cyprus Department of Labor Inspection, Department of Labour Inspection, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 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 Nicosia's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 6.
Where Nicosia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nicosia: Critically low
14.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
43,982
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
50,265
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,106 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nicosia lost?
There was very little forest around Nicosia in 2000, about 35 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nicosia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good24% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back12% · under 1 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
- 126 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 171 ha
- Overall change
- +45 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nicosia grew from about 126 hectares to 171 hectares, a net gain of about 45 hectares (+36%). New forest grew on about 46 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Nicosia right now?
The latest reading for Nicosia shows an AQI of 39 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Nicosia - Traffic Station, 2.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nicosia today?
At AQI 39 (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 Nicosia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nicosia's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 18 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nicosia lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Nicosia in 2000, about 35 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nicosia grew from about 126 hectares to 171 hectares, a net gain of about 45 hectares (+36%). New forest grew on about 46 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Nicosia?
Nicosia has an estimated 43,982 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.0% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nicosia need?
Nicosia needs roughly 50,265 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,106 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nicosia's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near City Centre, 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 City Centre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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