City report · Albania
Tirana Air quality today
Air quality in Tirana currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 79
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.2
- tree cover
- 15.7%
- trees in this area
- 48.4K
- more trees needed
- 44.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tiranë, Albania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tirana · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Tirana's tree count comes to 48,435 trees across 12.34 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 44,116 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tirana today: AQI 79, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 8 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Tetovo and Bitola
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.2
PM10
13.0
NO₂
17.6
O₃
59.0
SO₂
1.7
CO
179.0
- 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 Tirana's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 43 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 6.
Where Tirana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tirana: Critically low
15.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.34 km² of land.
Trees in this area
48,435
Target trees
92,551
More trees needed
44,116
CO₂ if planted / yr
970.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tirana lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tirana has lost about 582 hectares of forest (about 820 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (46%), after which forest can grow back. About 171 hectares (29%) 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 southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 582 haabout 820 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 171 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 72 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 312 hectares of forest were lost.
Tirana's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 19 ha | 22 ha | 42 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 8 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 9 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | 15 ha | 28 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 15 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 9 ha | 19 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | 30 ha | 282 ha | 312 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tirana?
- Loggingcan grow back46% · 269 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back20% · 117 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 78 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, mining and energy, 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
- 7,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,230 ha
- Overall change
- −25 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tirana stayed about the same size, at about 7,230 hectares: new forest grew on about 171 hectares, and about 196 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 Tirana right now?
The latest reading for Tirana shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 205 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 Tirana today?
At AQI 79 (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 Tirana been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tirana's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 43 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 84 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 Tirana lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tirana has lost about 582 hectares of forest (about 820 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (46%), after which forest can grow back. About 171 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 72 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tirana stayed about the same size, at about 7,230 hectares: new forest grew on about 171 hectares, and about 196 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tirana?
Tirana has an estimated 48,435 trees across the 12.34 km² of land measured — 15.7% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tirana need?
Tirana needs roughly 44,116 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 970.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tirana'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 Tiranë; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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