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Pécs Air quality today
Air quality in Pécs currently reads AQI 85 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 85
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.7
- tree cover
- 43.4%
- trees in this area
- 136K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pécs, Hungary (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pécs · AQI 85 (Moderate)
Pécs's tree count comes to 136,345 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pécs today: AQI 85, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Székesfehérvár and Szeged
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
23.7
PM10
16.3
NO₂
8.4
O₃
36.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
202.0
- 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 Pécs's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 49 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 10.
Where Pécs stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pécs: Healthy tree cover
43.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
136,345
Target trees
136,345
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pécs lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pécs has lost about 1,020 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (3.9%) 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
- 1,020 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 40 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 58 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 80 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 | 54 ha | 54 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 30 ha | 30 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 40 ha | 42 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 29 ha | 29 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 33 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 37 ha | 37 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 47 ha | 50 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 36 ha | 37 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 23 ha | 23 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 34 ha | 34 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 80 ha | 80 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 43 ha | 43 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 35 ha | 48 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 29 ha | 36 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 37 ha | 40 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | 49 ha | 53 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 40 ha | 41 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 55 ha | 55 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 64 ha | 65 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 77 ha | 77 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pécs?
- Loggingcan grow back95% · 967 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.3% · 34 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.5% · 16 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads.
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
- 12,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,000 ha
- Overall change
- +146 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pécs stayed about the same size, at about 13,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 411 hectares, and about 265 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 Pécs right now?
The latest reading for Pécs shows an AQI of 85 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 185 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 Pécs today?
At AQI 85 (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 Pécs been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pécs's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 49 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pécs lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pécs has lost about 1,020 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (3.9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 58 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pécs stayed about the same size, at about 13,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 411 hectares, and about 265 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pécs?
Pécs has an estimated 136,345 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 43.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pécs need?
Pécs has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Pécs'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 Pécs; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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