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Sokhumi Air quality today
Air quality in Sokhumi currently reads AQI 16 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 16
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.9
- tree cover
- 53.3%
- trees in this area
- 156K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sokhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sokhumi · AQI 16 (Good)
Sokhumi's tree count comes to 155,726 trees across 11.69 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sokhumi today: AQI 16, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Batumi and Kutaisi
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.9
PM10
2.9
NO₂
1.3
O₃
79.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
132.0
- 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 Sokhumi's daily AQI at 15 on average, from 11 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 31 on Nov 5.
Where Sokhumi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sokhumi: Healthy tree cover
53.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.69 km² of land.
Trees in this area
155,726
Target trees
155,726
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sokhumi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sokhumi has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 26 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (25%). About 8 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 19 haabout 26 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 8 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 3 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sokhumi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 5 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 3 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.8% · under 1 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 10,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,300 ha
- Overall change
- +1,200 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sokhumi grew from about 10,100 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net gain of about 1,200 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 1,270 hectares, while 74 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 Sokhumi right now?
The latest reading for Sokhumi shows an AQI of 16 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Sokhumi today?
At AQI 16 (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 Sokhumi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sokhumi's daily AQI at 15 on average, from 11 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 31 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 Sokhumi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sokhumi has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 26 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (25%). About 8 hectares (43%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sokhumi grew from about 10,100 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net gain of about 1,200 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 1,270 hectares, while 74 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sokhumi?
Sokhumi has an estimated 155,726 trees across the 11.69 km² of land measured — 53.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sokhumi need?
Sokhumi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Sokhumi'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 Sokhumi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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