City report · Bavaria, Germany
Nuremberg Air quality today
Air quality in Nuremberg currently reads AQI 41 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 41
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.4
- tree cover
- 18.0%
- trees in this area
- 55.8K
- more trees needed
- 37.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Altstadt - St. Sebald, Mitte, Nürnberg, Germany (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nuremberg · AQI 41 (Good)
Nuremberg's tree count comes to 55,814 trees across 12.41 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,209 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nuremberg today: AQI 41, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Nürnberg/Bahnhof, 1.2 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.4
PM10
10.3
NO₂
29.3
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
540.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Nuremberg's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 48 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 7.
Where Nuremberg stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nuremberg: Below target
18.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
55,814
Target trees
93,023
More trees needed
37,209
CO₂ if planted / yr
818.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nuremberg lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nuremberg has lost about 626 hectares of forest (about 880 football pitches): 4.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 205 hectares (33%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 626 haabout 880 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 205 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 28 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 114 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 8 ha | 13 ha | 20 ha |
| 2005 | 11 ha | 16 ha | 26 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 21 ha | 29 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 8 ha | 16 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 22 ha | 35 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 9 ha | 13 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 7 ha | 16 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 44 ha | 47 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | 39 ha | 45 ha |
| 2018 | 24 ha | 12 ha | 36 ha |
| 2019 | 36 ha | 78 ha | 114 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 23 ha | 31 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 32 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 15 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 21 ha | 26 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | 19 ha | 25 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 21 ha | 32 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nuremberg?
- Loggingcan grow back65% · 408 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good28% · 177 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.7% · 17 ha
Also: 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
- 17,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,000 ha
- Overall change
- −168 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nuremberg stayed about the same size, at about 17,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 188 hectares, and about 356 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 Nuremberg right now?
The latest reading for Nuremberg shows an AQI of 41 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Nürnberg/Bahnhof, 1.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nuremberg today?
At AQI 41 (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 Nuremberg been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nuremberg's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 48 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nuremberg lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nuremberg has lost about 626 hectares of forest (about 880 football pitches): 4.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 205 hectares (33%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 28 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nuremberg stayed about the same size, at about 17,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 188 hectares, and about 356 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nuremberg?
Nuremberg has an estimated 55,814 trees across the 12.41 km² of land measured — 18.0% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nuremberg need?
Nuremberg needs roughly 37,209 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 818.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nuremberg's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Altstadt - St. Sebald, 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 Altstadt - St. Sebald; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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