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Rzeszów Air quality today
Air quality in Rzeszów currently reads AQI 65 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 65
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.0
- tree cover
- 29.4%
- trees in this area
- 92.4K
- more trees needed
- 1.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rzeszów, Poland (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rzeszów · AQI 65 (Moderate)
Rzeszów's tree count comes to 92,363 trees across 12.57 km², 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 1,885 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rzeszów today: AQI 65, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Tarnów and Lublin
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.0
PM10
27.7
NO₂
5.4
O₃
35.0
SO₂
3.5
CO
282.0
- 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 Rzeszów's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 73 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 9.
Where Rzeszów stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rzeszów: Below target
29.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
92,363
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
1,885
CO₂ if planted / yr
41.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rzeszów lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rzeszów has lost about 112 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (47%). About 55 hectares (49%) 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
- 112 haabout 160 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 55 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 12 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rzeszów?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 53 ha
- Loggingcan grow back42% · 47 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.1% · 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
- 5,760 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,270 ha
- Overall change
- +514 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rzeszów grew from about 5,760 hectares to 6,270 hectares, a net gain of about 514 hectares (+8.9%). New forest grew on about 602 hectares, while 88 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 Rzeszów right now?
The latest reading for Rzeszów shows an AQI of 65 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 04:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 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 Rzeszów today?
At AQI 65 (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 Rzeszów been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rzeszów's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 73 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rzeszów lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rzeszów has lost about 112 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (47%). About 55 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rzeszów grew from about 5,760 hectares to 6,270 hectares, a net gain of about 514 hectares (+8.9%). New forest grew on about 602 hectares, while 88 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rzeszów?
Rzeszów has an estimated 92,363 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 29.4% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rzeszów need?
Rzeszów needs roughly 1,885 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 41.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rzeszów'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 Rzeszów; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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