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Uppsala Air quality today
Air quality in Uppsala currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.5
- tree cover
- 28.6%
- trees in this area
- 89.7K
- more trees needed
- 4.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Centrum, Uppsala, Sweden (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Uppsala · AQI 31 (Good)
Uppsala's tree count comes to 89,670 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,389 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Uppsala today: AQI 31, 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 · Uppsala Kungsgatan 67, 500 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.5
PM10
6.7
NO₂
—
O₃
—
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 Uppsala's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 10.
Where Uppsala stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Uppsala: Below target
28.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
89,670
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
4,389
CO₂ if planted / yr
96.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Uppsala lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Uppsala has lost about 2,590 hectares of forest (about 3,600 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 522 hectares (20%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,590 haabout 3,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 522 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 135 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 192 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | 53 ha | 57 ha |
| 2002 | 14 ha | 35 ha | 48 ha |
| 2003 | 9 ha | 29 ha | 38 ha |
| 2004 | 17 ha | 68 ha | 85 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 17 ha | 21 ha |
| 2006 | 34 ha | 144 ha | 178 ha |
| 2007 | 26 ha | 86 ha | 112 ha |
| 2008 | 28 ha | 105 ha | 133 ha |
| 2009 | 20 ha | 70 ha | 90 ha |
| 2010 | 47 ha | 69 ha | 116 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 76 ha | 85 ha |
| 2012 | 51 ha | 99 ha | 149 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 62 ha | 71 ha |
| 2014 | 15 ha | 72 ha | 87 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 80 ha | 88 ha |
| 2016 | 55 ha | 137 ha | 192 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 153 ha | 169 ha |
| 2018 | 23 ha | 70 ha | 93 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 67 ha | 74 ha |
| 2020 | 31 ha | 114 ha | 145 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 64 ha | 77 ha |
| 2022 | 15 ha | 126 ha | 141 ha |
| 2023 | 22 ha | 75 ha | 97 ha |
| 2024 | 29 ha | 119 ha | 148 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | 82 ha | 98 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Uppsala?
- Loggingcan grow back79% · 2,050 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 474 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.8% · 47 ha
Also: wildfires, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 11,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,100 ha
- Overall change
- −773 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Uppsala shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,100 hectares, a net loss of about 773 hectares (−6.5%). New forest grew on about 453 hectares, but 1,230 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 Uppsala right now?
The latest reading for Uppsala shows an AQI of 31 (Good), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Uppsala Kungsgatan 67, 500 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Uppsala today?
At AQI 31 (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 Uppsala been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Uppsala's daily AQI at 29 on average, from 10 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Uppsala lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Uppsala has lost about 2,590 hectares of forest (about 3,600 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 522 hectares (20%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 112 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 135 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Uppsala shrank from about 11,800 hectares to 11,100 hectares, a net loss of about 773 hectares (−6.5%). New forest grew on about 453 hectares, but 1,230 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Uppsala?
Uppsala has an estimated 89,670 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 28.6% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Uppsala need?
Uppsala needs roughly 4,389 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 96.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Uppsala's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Centrum, 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 Centrum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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