City report · Uzbekistan
Nukus Air quality today
Air quality in Nukus currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 17
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 7.9%
- trees in this area
- 24.5K
- more trees needed
- 68.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nukus · AQI 17 (Good)
Nukus's tree count comes to 24,521 trees across 12.42 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 68,596 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nukus today: AQI 17, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.9
PM10
4.1
NO₂
1.2
O₃
55.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
114.0
- 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 Nukus's daily AQI at 28 on average, from 17 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 6.
Where Nukus stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nukus: Critically low
7.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
24,521
Target trees
93,117
More trees needed
68,596
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,509 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nukus lost?
There was almost no forest around Nukus in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nukus right now?
The latest reading for Nukus shows an AQI of 17 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nukus today?
At AQI 17 (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 Nukus been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nukus's daily AQI at 28 on average, from 17 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 66 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 Nukus lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Nukus in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Nukus?
Nukus has an estimated 24,521 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 7.9% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nukus need?
Nukus needs roughly 68,596 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,509 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nukus'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 Nukus; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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