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Rîbniţa Air quality today
Air quality in Rîbniţa currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.2
- tree cover
- 39.0%
- trees in this area
- 122K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rîbniţa, Moldova (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rîbniţa · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Rîbniţa's tree count comes to 121,664 trees across 12.48 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rîbniţa today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Chișinău and Iași
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.2
PM10
9.4
NO₂
3.1
O₃
55.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
192.0
- 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 Rîbniţa's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 29 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 8.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rîbniţa: Healthy tree cover
39.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
121,664
Target trees
121,664
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rîbniţa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rîbniţa has lost about 100 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (1.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 100 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 15 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 | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rîbniţa?
- Loggingcan grow back84% · 84 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.9% · 7 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.5% · 2 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
- 4,140 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,490 ha
- Overall change
- +358 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rîbniţa grew from about 4,140 hectares to 4,490 hectares, a net gain of about 358 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 399 hectares, while 41 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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Questions about Rîbniţa
What is the air quality (AQI) in Rîbniţa right now?
The latest reading for Rîbniţa shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Rîbniţa today?
At AQI 60 (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 Rîbniţa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rîbniţa's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 29 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Rîbniţa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rîbniţa has lost about 100 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (1.6%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rîbniţa grew from about 4,140 hectares to 4,490 hectares, a net gain of about 358 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 399 hectares, while 41 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rîbniţa?
Rîbniţa has an estimated 121,664 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 39.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rîbniţa need?
Rîbniţa has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rîbniţa'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 Rîbniţa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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