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Prizren Air quality today
Air quality in Prizren currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.1
- tree cover
- 23.8%
- trees in this area
- 74.8K
- more trees needed
- 19.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Prizren, Republic of Kosovo (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Prizren · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Prizren's tree count comes to 74,770 trees across 12.57 km², 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,478 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Prizren today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 10 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Tetovo and Pristina
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.1
PM10
6.0
NO₂
4.3
O₃
56.0
SO₂
1.0
CO
131.0
- 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 Prizren's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 63 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 8.
Where Prizren stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Prizren: Below target
23.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
74,770
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
19,478
CO₂ if planted / yr
428.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Prizren lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Prizren has lost about 180 hectares of forest (about 250 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (33%). About 77 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 2 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 180 haabout 250 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 77 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 35 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 19 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 21 ha | 12 ha | 33 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 18 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Prizren?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good33% · 60 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · 36 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back11% · 20 ha
Also: towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 11,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,400 ha
- Overall change
- +80 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Prizren stayed about the same size, at about 11,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 190 hectares, and about 109 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 Prizren right now?
The latest reading for Prizren shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 225 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 Prizren today?
At AQI 58 (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 Prizren been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Prizren's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 63 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 8. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Prizren lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Prizren has lost about 180 hectares of forest (about 250 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (33%). About 77 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Prizren stayed about the same size, at about 11,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 190 hectares, and about 109 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Prizren?
Prizren has an estimated 74,770 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 23.8% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Prizren need?
Prizren needs roughly 19,478 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 428.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Prizren'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 Prizren; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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