City report · Occitanie, France
Toulouse Air quality today
Air quality in Toulouse currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.8
- tree cover
- 20.8%
- trees in this area
- 62.9K
- more trees needed
- 27.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Capitole de Toulouse, Toulouse, France (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Toulouse · AQI 38 (Good)
Toulouse's tree count comes to 62,862 trees across 12.09 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,804 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Toulouse today: AQI 38, 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 · Toulouse Berthelot, 1.9 km away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.8
PM10
10.4
NO₂
6.0
O₃
71.5
SO₂
—
CO
—
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 Toulouse's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 5.
Where Toulouse stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Toulouse: Below target
20.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.09 km² of land.
Trees in this area
62,862
Target trees
90,666
More trees needed
27,804
CO₂ if planted / yr
611.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Toulouse lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Toulouse has lost about 48 hectares of forest (about 67 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (61%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 48 haabout 67 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 29 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 8 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 | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Toulouse?
- Towns and roadscleared for good56% · 27 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 11 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.6% · 2 ha
Also: 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
- 4,230 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,410 ha
- Overall change
- +179 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Toulouse grew from about 4,230 hectares to 4,410 hectares, a net gain of about 179 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 261 hectares, while 82 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 Toulouse right now?
The latest reading for Toulouse shows an AQI of 38 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Toulouse Berthelot, 1.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Toulouse today?
At AQI 38 (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 Toulouse been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Toulouse's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 66 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 Toulouse lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Toulouse has lost about 48 hectares of forest (about 67 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (61%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Toulouse grew from about 4,230 hectares to 4,410 hectares, a net gain of about 179 hectares (+4.2%). New forest grew on about 261 hectares, while 82 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Toulouse?
Toulouse has an estimated 62,862 trees across the 12.09 km² of land measured — 20.8% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Toulouse need?
Toulouse needs roughly 27,804 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 611.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Toulouse's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Capitole de Toulouse, 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 Capitole de Toulouse; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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