City report · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuzla Air quality today
Air quality in Tuzla currently reads AQI 188 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 188
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 107.8
- tree cover
- 54.7%
- trees in this area
- 172K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Slatina, 75000 Tuzla Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tuzla · AQI 188 (Unhealthy)
Tuzla's tree count comes to 171,845 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tuzla today: AQI 188, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tuzlanski zivinice, Bosnia Herzegovina, 9.5 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
107.8
PM10
87.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Federalni Hidrometeorološki Zavod, Ministarstvo prostornog uređenja i zaštite okolice, European Environment Agency
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tuzla's daily AQI at 124 on average, from 82 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 192 on Nov 8.
Where Tuzla stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tuzla: Healthy tree cover
54.7% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
171,845
Target trees
171,845
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tuzla lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tuzla has lost about 197 hectares of forest (about 280 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (39%), after which forest can grow back. About 96 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 197 haabout 280 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 96 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 20 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 12 ha | 20 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 12 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tuzla?
- Loggingcan grow back39% · 77 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good26% · 52 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 28 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 16,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,600 ha
- Overall change
- +170 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tuzla stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 406 hectares, and about 236 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 Tuzla right now?
The latest reading for Tuzla shows an AQI of 188 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Tuzlanski zivinice, Bosnia Herzegovina ground monitoring station, 9.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tuzla today?
At AQI 188 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Tuzla been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tuzla's daily AQI at 124 on average, from 82 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 192 on Nov 8. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tuzla lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tuzla has lost about 197 hectares of forest (about 280 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (39%), after which forest can grow back. About 96 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tuzla stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 406 hectares, and about 236 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tuzla?
Tuzla has an estimated 171,845 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 54.7% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tuzla need?
Tuzla has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Tuzla's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Slatina, 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 Slatina; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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