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Prato Air quality today
Air quality in Prato currently reads AQI 104 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 104
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.7
- tree cover
- 27.6%
- trees in this area
- 86.6K
- more trees needed
- 23.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 59100 Prato, Province of Prato, Italy (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Prato · AQI 104 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Prato's tree count comes to 86,621 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 7 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,225 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Prato today: AQI 104, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tavola PO, 5.8 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.7
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Verisaie
- 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 Prato's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 117 on Nov 8.
Where Prato stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Prato: Below target
27.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
86,621
Target trees
109,846
More trees needed
23,225
CO₂ if planted / yr
510.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Prato lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Prato has lost about 687 hectares of forest (about 960 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 18 hectares (2.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 687 haabout 960 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 18 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 54 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2019, when about 81 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 | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 13 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 36 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 33 ha | 34 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 34 ha | 38 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 24 ha | 25 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 58 ha | 58 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 58 ha | 58 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 79 ha | 81 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 46 ha | 46 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 46 ha | 46 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 53 ha | 53 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 55 ha | 56 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 31 ha | 32 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 43 ha | 43 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Prato?
- Loggingcan grow back93% · 641 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3% · 20 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.2% · 15 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 8,710 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,760 ha
- Overall change
- +48 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Prato stayed about the same size, at about 8,760 hectares: new forest grew on about 258 hectares, and about 210 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 Prato right now?
The latest reading for Prato shows an AQI of 104 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Tavola PO ground monitoring station, 5.8 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Prato today?
At AQI 104 (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 Prato been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Prato's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 117 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Prato lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Prato has lost about 687 hectares of forest (about 960 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 18 hectares (2.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 46 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 54 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Prato stayed about the same size, at about 8,760 hectares: new forest grew on about 258 hectares, and about 210 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Prato?
Prato has an estimated 86,621 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 27.6% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Prato need?
Prato needs roughly 23,225 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 510.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Prato's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near 59100 Prato, 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 59100 Prato; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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