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Pescara Air quality today
Air quality in Pescara currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 26
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.4
- tree cover
- 12.9%
- trees in this area
- 40.0K
- more trees needed
- 53.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pescara, Province of Pescara, Italy (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pescara · AQI 26 (Good)
Pescara's tree count comes to 40,040 trees across 12.42 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,077 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pescara today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 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. Rome and Vatican City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.4
PM10
12.7
NO₂
22.0
O₃
37.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
195.0
- 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 Pescara's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 43 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 9.
Where Pescara stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pescara: Critically low
12.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
40,040
Target trees
93,117
More trees needed
53,077
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,168 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pescara lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pescara has lost about 57 hectares of forest (about 80 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 57 haabout 80 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 37 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 8 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pescara?
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 23 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good22% · 13 ha
- Loggingcan grow back15% · 9 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 1,890 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,930 ha
- Overall change
- +40 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pescara grew from about 1,890 hectares to 1,930 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares (+2.1%). New forest grew on about 83 hectares, while 43 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 Pescara
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Terni128.4 km
Italy
- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 23
- Rome153.0 km
Italy
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 24
- Vatican City156.8 km
Vatican
- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 24
- Foggia157.5 km
Italy
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 46
- Perugia164.9 km
Italy
- Tree cover
- 62%
- Air quality
- 18
- 172.7 km
- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 16
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pescara right now?
The latest reading for Pescara shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pescara today?
At AQI 26 (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 Pescara been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pescara's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 43 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Pescara lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pescara has lost about 57 hectares of forest (about 80 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pescara grew from about 1,890 hectares to 1,930 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares (+2.1%). New forest grew on about 83 hectares, while 43 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pescara?
Pescara has an estimated 40,040 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 12.9% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pescara need?
Pescara needs roughly 53,077 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,168 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pescara'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 Pescara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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