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Pljevlja Air quality today
Air quality in Pljevlja currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 38
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.5
- tree cover
- 45.7%
- trees in this area
- 144K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pljevlja, Montenegro (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pljevlja · AQI 38 (Good)
Pljevlja's tree count comes to 143,571 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 Pljevlja today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 8 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Niksic and Sarajevo
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.5
PM10
4.1
NO₂
1.8
O₃
40.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
125.0
- 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 Pljevlja's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 30 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 7.
Where Pljevlja stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pljevlja: Healthy tree cover
45.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
143,571
Target trees
143,571
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pljevlja lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pljevlja has lost about 118 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 11 hectares (9.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 118 haabout 170 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 16 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pljevlja?
- Loggingcan grow back60% · 70 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.8% · 10 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.7% · 6 ha
Also: towns and roads, farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 15,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,000 ha
- Overall change
- +519 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pljevlja grew from about 15,500 hectares to 16,000 hectares, a net gain of about 519 hectares (+3.4%). New forest grew on about 602 hectares, while 83 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Podgorica102.1 km
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- 26%
- Air quality
- 65
- Herceg Novi120.7 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pljevlja right now?
The latest reading for Pljevlja shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pljevlja today?
At AQI 38 (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 Pljevlja been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pljevlja's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 30 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 84 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 Pljevlja lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pljevlja has lost about 118 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 11 hectares (9.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pljevlja grew from about 15,500 hectares to 16,000 hectares, a net gain of about 519 hectares (+3.4%). New forest grew on about 602 hectares, while 83 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pljevlja?
Pljevlja has an estimated 143,571 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 45.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pljevlja need?
Pljevlja has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Pljevlja'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 Pljevlja; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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