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Air quality & tree cover in British Columbia

Today's air quality (AQI) and satellite-measured tree cover for the cities of British Columbia, each over the same 2 km around its center.

Right now, Vancouver has the cleanest air of the 13 cities we track in British Columbia (AQI 30, Good), and Saanich the worst (AQI 85, Moderate). Abbotsford has the most tree cover, at 61.7% — #8 of 59 cities measured in Canada.

Cities tracked
13
Average tree cover
42.3%Canada: 48.7%
Worst air right now
SaanichAQI 85

Air quality today and tree cover across British Columbia

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver30Good27.3%5.8K#57 of 59
Surrey32Good52.8%—#23 of 59
Victoria85Moderate40.0%—#42 of 59
Burnaby32Good52.2%—#26 of 59
Richmond30Good35.3%—#51 of 59
Coquitlam32Good51.2%—#27 of 59
Kelowna38Good29.9%256#56 of 59
Abbotsford33Good61.7%—#8 of 59
Langley32Good40.3%—#41 of 59
Saanich85Moderate61.1%—#9 of 59
Kamloops37Good23.1%20.8K#58 of 59
Delta30Good41.6%—#40 of 59
Chilliwack37Good33.6%—#53 of 59

Air quality is the US AQI from Open-Meteo / CAMS, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Canada.

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