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Suva Air quality today
Air quality in Suva currently reads AQI 14 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 14
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.6
- tree cover
- 44.4%
- trees in this area
- 70.9K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Suva - City Center, Suva, Fiji (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Suva · AQI 14 (Good)
Suva's tree count comes to 70,859 trees across 6.39 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Suva today: AQI 14, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 04:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Laucala, 2.4 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, UNICEF / UNSW
- 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 Suva's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 19 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 10.
Where Suva stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Suva: Healthy tree cover
44.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
70,859
Target trees
70,859
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Suva lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Suva has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 102 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 59 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Suva?
- Towns and roadscleared for good55% · 56 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back24% · 25 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.4% · 4 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 10,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,950 ha
- Overall change
- −306 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Suva shrank from about 10,300 hectares to 9,950 hectares, a net loss of about 306 hectares (−3%). New forest grew on about 12 hectares, but 318 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 Suva right now?
The latest reading for Suva shows an AQI of 14 (Good), measured Nov 12, 04:00 local time by the Laucala ground monitoring station, 2.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Suva today?
At AQI 14 (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 Suva been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Suva's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 19 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Suva lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Suva has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Suva shrank from about 10,300 hectares to 9,950 hectares, a net loss of about 306 hectares (−3%). New forest grew on about 12 hectares, but 318 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Suva?
Suva has an estimated 70,859 trees across the 6.39 km² of land measured — 44.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Suva need?
Suva has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Suva's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Suva - City Center, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Suva - City Center; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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