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Reggio Calabria Air quality today
Air quality in Reggio Calabria currently reads AQI 55 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 55
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.0
- tree cover
- 22.3%
- trees in this area
- 63.7K
- more trees needed
- 22.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Reggio Calabria, Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Italy (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Reggio Calabria · AQI 55 (Moderate)
Reggio Calabria's tree count comes to 63,682 trees across 11.43 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 21,989 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Reggio Calabria today: AQI 55, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.0
PM10
19.7
NO₂
8.6
O₃
45.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
148.0
- 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 Reggio Calabria's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 27 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 5.
Where Reggio Calabria stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Reggio Calabria: Below target
22.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
63,682
Target trees
85,671
More trees needed
21,989
CO₂ if planted / yr
483.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Reggio Calabria lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Reggio Calabria has lost about 491 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 38 hectares (7.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 491 haabout 690 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 38 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 184 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 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 24 ha | 25 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | 178 ha | 184 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 62 ha | 64 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 26 ha | 28 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 74 ha | 76 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 13 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Reggio Calabria?
- Wildfirescan grow back90% · 441 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.9% · 24 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3% · 15 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 7,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,400 ha
- Overall change
- −5 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Reggio Calabria stayed about the same size, at about 7,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 72 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 Reggio Calabria right now?
The latest reading for Reggio Calabria shows an AQI of 55 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Reggio Calabria today?
At AQI 55 (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 Reggio Calabria been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Reggio Calabria's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 27 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Reggio Calabria lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Reggio Calabria has lost about 491 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 38 hectares (7.8%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Reggio Calabria stayed about the same size, at about 7,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 72 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Reggio Calabria?
Reggio Calabria has an estimated 63,682 trees across the 11.43 km² of land measured — 22.3% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Reggio Calabria need?
Reggio Calabria needs roughly 21,989 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 483.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Reggio Calabria'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 Reggio Calabria; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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