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Shkodër Air quality today
Air quality in Shkodër currently reads AQI 40 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 40
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.9
- tree cover
- 17.0%
- trees in this area
- 53.4K
- more trees needed
- 40.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shkodër, Albania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shkodër · AQI 40 (Good)
Shkodër's tree count comes to 53,407 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,841 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shkodër today: AQI 40, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Podgorica and Niksic
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.9
PM10
4.5
NO₂
2.8
O₃
41.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
139.0
- 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 Shkodër's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 32 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 6.
Where Shkodër stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shkodër: Critically low
17.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
53,407
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
40,841
CO₂ if planted / yr
898.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shkodër lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shkodër has lost about 453 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (under 1%) 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 northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 453 haabout 630 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 22%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 51 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 9 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 155 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 56 ha | 56 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 28 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 17 ha | 17 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 27 ha | 28 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 40 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 155 ha | 155 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 60 ha | 60 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shkodër?
- Wildfirescan grow back97% · 441 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.4% · 6 ha
Also: towns and roads, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 2,350 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,350 ha
- Overall change
- −7 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shkodër stayed about the same size, at about 2,350 hectares: new forest grew on about 93 hectares, and about 101 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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Measured cities near Shkodër
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Podgorica46.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 73
- Budva60.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 61%
- Air quality
- 61
- Gjakovë83.2 km
Kosovo
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 48
- Tirana86.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 79
- Herceg Novi90.9 km
Montenegro
- Tree cover
- 61%
- Air quality
- 62
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Shkodër right now?
The latest reading for Shkodër shows an AQI of 40 (Good), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shkodër today?
At AQI 40 (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 Shkodër been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shkodër's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 32 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shkodër lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shkodër has lost about 453 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 22% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 2 hectares (under 1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 51 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 9 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shkodër stayed about the same size, at about 2,350 hectares: new forest grew on about 93 hectares, and about 101 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shkodër?
Shkodër has an estimated 53,407 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 17.0% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shkodër need?
Shkodër needs roughly 40,841 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 898.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shkodër'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 Shkodër; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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