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Opole Air quality today
Air quality in Opole currently reads AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 105
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.3
- tree cover
- 32.1%
- trees in this area
- 99.0K
- more trees needed
- 8.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Opole, Poland (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Opole · AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Opole's tree count comes to 99,030 trees across 12.34 km² of land, 3 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 8,947 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Opole today: AQI 105, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Zabrze and Rybnik
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.3
PM10
37.1
NO₂
15.0
O₃
28.0
SO₂
5.0
CO
341.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Opole's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 75 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 8.
Where Opole stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Opole: Below target
32.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.34 km² of land.
Trees in this area
99,030
Target trees
107,977
More trees needed
8,947
CO₂ if planted / yr
196.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Opole lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Opole has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,080 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 18%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 75 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 96 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 | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 65 ha | 65 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 44 ha | 44 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 34 ha | 35 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 78 ha | 78 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 30 ha | 30 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 39 ha | 39 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 50 ha | 50 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 36 ha | 37 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 61 ha | 61 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 75 ha | 75 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 66 ha | 67 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 96 ha | 96 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 76 ha | 76 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 68 ha | 69 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 70 ha | 72 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 29 ha | 29 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 23 ha | 23 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 40 ha | 40 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Opole?
- Loggingcan grow back99% · 1,070 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
- 7,950 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,970 ha
- Overall change
- +20 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Opole stayed about the same size, at about 7,970 hectares: new forest grew on about 511 hectares, and about 490 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 Opole right now?
The latest reading for Opole shows an AQI of 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Opole today?
At AQI 105 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Opole been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Opole's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 75 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 8. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Opole lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Opole has lost about 1,080 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 18% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 75 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Opole stayed about the same size, at about 7,970 hectares: new forest grew on about 511 hectares, and about 490 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Opole?
Opole has an estimated 99,030 trees across the 12.34 km² of land measured — 32.1% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Opole need?
Opole needs roughly 8,947 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 196.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Opole'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 Opole; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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