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Panevėžys Air quality today
Air quality in Panevėžys currently reads AQI 97 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 97
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.9
- tree cover
- 24.9%
- trees in this area
- 77.4K
- more trees needed
- 15.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Panevėžys, Panevėžys City Municipality, Lithuania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Panevėžys · AQI 97 (Moderate)
Panevėžys's tree count comes to 77,443 trees across 12.44 km² of land, 5 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 15,862 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Panevėžys today: AQI 97, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Kaunas and Jelgava
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
37.9
PM10
18.1
NO₂
11.8
O₃
36.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
219.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Panevėžys's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 9.
Where Panevėžys stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Panevėžys: Below target
24.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.44 km² of land.
Trees in this area
77,443
Target trees
93,305
More trees needed
15,862
CO₂ if planted / yr
349.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Panevėžys lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Panevėžys has lost about 2,140 hectares of forest (about 3,000 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 28 hectares (1.3%) 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 north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,140 haabout 3,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 28 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 102 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 98 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 156 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 | 36 ha | 36 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 42 ha | 42 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 65 ha | 68 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 28 ha | 29 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 156 ha | 156 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 74 ha | 74 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 109 ha | 109 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | 67 ha | 83 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 73 ha | 73 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 150 ha | 151 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 63 ha | 64 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 80 ha | 80 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 37 ha | 37 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 96 ha | 96 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 46 ha | 47 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 81 ha | 81 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 125 ha | 125 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 76 ha | 76 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 66 ha | 67 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 138 ha | 138 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 101 ha | 103 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 90 ha | 91 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 86 ha | 86 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 103 ha | 103 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 126 ha | 126 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Panevėžys?
- Loggingcan grow back98% · 2,090 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.3% · 28 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
- 7,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,590 ha
- Overall change
- +96 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Panevėžys stayed about the same size, at about 7,590 hectares: new forest grew on about 685 hectares, and about 589 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Panevėžys
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kaunas96.6 km
Lithuania
- Tree cover
- 34%
- Air quality
- 151
- Jelgava109.7 km
Latvia
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 156
- Vilnius129.8 km
Lithuania
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 95
- Riga135.9 km
Latvia
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 145
- Daugavpils136.9 km
Latvia
- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 93
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Panevėžys right now?
The latest reading for Panevėžys shows an AQI of 97 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Panevėžys today?
At AQI 97 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Panevėžys been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Panevėžys's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 19 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 62 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 Panevėžys lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Panevėžys has lost about 2,140 hectares of forest (about 3,000 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 28 hectares (1.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 102 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 98 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Panevėžys stayed about the same size, at about 7,590 hectares: new forest grew on about 685 hectares, and about 589 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Panevėžys?
Panevėžys has an estimated 77,443 trees across the 12.44 km² of land measured — 24.9% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Panevėžys need?
Panevėžys needs roughly 15,862 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 349.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Panevėžys'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 Panevėžys; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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