City report · Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz Air quality today
Air quality in Shahrisabz currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 26
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.0
- tree cover
- 9.9%
- trees in this area
- 31.1K
- more trees needed
- 63.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shahrisabz, Qashqadaryo Region, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shahrisabz · AQI 26 (Good)
Shahrisabz's tree count comes to 31,102 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,146 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shahrisabz today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.0
PM10
6.4
NO₂
1.0
O₃
72.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
127.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shahrisabz's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5.
Where Shahrisabz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shahrisabz: Critically low
9.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
31,102
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
63,146
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,389 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shahrisabz lost?
There was almost no forest around Shahrisabz in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 92 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 191 ha
- Overall change
- +99 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shahrisabz grew from about 92 hectares to 191 hectares, a net gain of about 99 hectares. New forest grew on about 100 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Shahrisabz right now?
The latest reading for Shahrisabz shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shahrisabz today?
At AQI 26 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Shahrisabz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shahrisabz's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 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 Shahrisabz lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Shahrisabz in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shahrisabz grew from about 92 hectares to 191 hectares, a net gain of about 99 hectares. New forest grew on about 100 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Shahrisabz?
Shahrisabz has an estimated 31,102 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.9% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shahrisabz need?
Shahrisabz needs roughly 63,146 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,389 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shahrisabz'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 Shahrisabz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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