City report · Lesser Poland, Poland
Tarnów Air quality today
Air quality in Tarnów currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 39
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.0
- tree cover
- 38.4%
- trees in this area
- 121K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around 33-100 Tarnów, Poland (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tarnów · AQI 39 (Good)
Tarnów's tree count comes to 120,637 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tarnów today: AQI 39, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tarnów, ul. Ks. Romana Sitko, 600 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.0
PM10
10.6
NO₂
11.6
O₃
—
SO₂
4.7
CO
293.0
Data: OpenAQ · EEA
- 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 Tarnów's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 82 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 9.
Where Tarnów stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tarnów: Healthy tree cover
38.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
120,637
Target trees
120,637
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tarnów lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tarnów has lost about 82 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (48%), after which forest can grow back. About 28 hectares (34%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 82 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 28 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tarnów?
- Loggingcan grow back48% · 39 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good34% · 28 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown18% · 14 ha
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
- 7,780 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,830 ha
- Overall change
- +1,050 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tarnów grew from about 7,780 hectares to 8,830 hectares, a net gain of about 1,050 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 1,110 hectares, while 59 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 Tarnów right now?
The latest reading for Tarnów shows an AQI of 39 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Tarnów, ul. Ks. Romana Sitko, 600 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tarnów today?
At AQI 39 (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 Tarnów been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tarnów's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 82 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 9. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tarnów lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tarnów has lost about 82 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (48%), after which forest can grow back. About 28 hectares (34%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tarnów grew from about 7,780 hectares to 8,830 hectares, a net gain of about 1,050 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 1,110 hectares, while 59 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tarnów?
Tarnów has an estimated 120,637 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 38.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tarnów need?
Tarnów has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tarnów's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near 33-100 Tarnów, 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 33-100 Tarnów; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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