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Szeged Air quality today
Air quality in Szeged currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 68
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.6
- tree cover
- 32.0%
- trees in this area
- 95.5K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Szeged, Hungary (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Szeged · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Szeged's tree count comes to 95,504 trees across 11.94 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Szeged today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Timișoara and Budapest
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.6
PM10
26.8
NO₂
12.6
O₃
23.0
SO₂
1.7
CO
228.0
- 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 Szeged's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 43 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 109 on Nov 10.
Where Szeged stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Szeged: Healthy tree cover
32.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.94 km² of land.
Trees in this area
95,504
Target trees
95,504
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Szeged lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Szeged has lost about 443 hectares of forest (about 620 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 443 haabout 620 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 40 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 54 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 | 17 ha | 17 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 54 ha | 54 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 27 ha | 27 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 31 ha | 31 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 8 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 20 ha | 21 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 28 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 31 ha | 34 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 22 ha | 22 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 24 ha | 24 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 11 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Szeged?
- Loggingcan grow back89% · 394 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.8% · 21 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.1% · 18 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
- 3,970 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,250 ha
- Overall change
- +284 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Szeged grew from about 3,970 hectares to 4,250 hectares, a net gain of about 284 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 394 hectares, while 111 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Szeged
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Subotica40.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 77
- Arad90.2 km
Romania
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 63
- Timişoara100.0 km
Romania
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 58
- Novi Sad113.9 km
Serbia
- Tree cover
- 21%
- Air quality
- 179
- Osijek137.0 km
Croatia
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 77
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Szeged right now?
The latest reading for Szeged shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 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 Szeged today?
At AQI 68 (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 Szeged been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Szeged's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 43 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 109 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 Szeged lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Szeged has lost about 443 hectares of forest (about 620 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 40 hectares (9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Szeged grew from about 3,970 hectares to 4,250 hectares, a net gain of about 284 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 394 hectares, while 111 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Szeged?
Szeged has an estimated 95,504 trees across the 11.94 km² of land measured — 32.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Szeged need?
Szeged has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Szeged'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 Szeged; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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