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Plovdiv Air quality today
Air quality in Plovdiv currently reads AQI 145 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 145
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 53.4
- tree cover
- 31.0%
- trees in this area
- 97.2K
- more trees needed
- 12.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Central district, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Plovdiv · AQI 145 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Plovdiv's tree count comes to 97,195 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 4 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 12,541 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Plovdiv today: AQI 145, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:14 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Southern Industrial Zone of Plovdiv, 3.5 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
53.4
PM10
47.5
NO₂
42.7
O₃
6.4
SO₂
28.9
CO
520.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA, senstate
- 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 Plovdiv's daily AQI at 76 on average, from 61 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 10.
Where Plovdiv stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Plovdiv: Below target
31.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,195
Target trees
109,736
More trees needed
12,541
CO₂ if planted / yr
275.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Plovdiv lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Plovdiv has lost about 13 hectares of forest (about 18 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 13 haabout 18 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 4 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 | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Plovdiv?
- Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 8 ha
- Loggingcan grow back12% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3% · under 1 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
- 740 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 803 ha
- Overall change
- +63 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Plovdiv grew from about 740 hectares to 803 hectares, a net gain of about 63 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 78 hectares, while 15 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 Plovdiv right now?
The latest reading for Plovdiv shows an AQI of 145 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 18:14 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Southern Industrial Zone of Plovdiv, 3.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Plovdiv today?
At AQI 145 (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 Plovdiv been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Plovdiv's daily AQI at 76 on average, from 61 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 107 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 Plovdiv lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Plovdiv has lost about 13 hectares of forest (about 18 football pitches): 3.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Plovdiv grew from about 740 hectares to 803 hectares, a net gain of about 63 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 78 hectares, while 15 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Plovdiv?
Plovdiv has an estimated 97,195 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 31.0% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Plovdiv need?
Plovdiv needs roughly 12,541 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 275.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Plovdiv's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Central district, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Central district; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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