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Vanadzor Air quality today
Air quality in Vanadzor currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 44
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.0
- tree cover
- 31.9%
- trees in this area
- 100K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vanadzor, Armenia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vanadzor · AQI 44 (Good)
Vanadzor's tree count comes to 100,217 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 Vanadzor today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Hrazdan and Yerevan
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.0
PM10
3.4
NO₂
1.0
O₃
63.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
126.0
- 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 Vanadzor's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 4.
Where Vanadzor stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vanadzor: Healthy tree cover
31.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
100,217
Target trees
100,217
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vanadzor lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vanadzor has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 43 haabout 60 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 13 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Vanadzor?
- Loggingcan grow back66% · 28 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.4% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown32% · 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
- 11,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,300 ha
- Overall change
- +319 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vanadzor grew from about 11,000 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net gain of about 319 hectares (+2.9%). New forest grew on about 615 hectares, while 296 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 Vanadzor right now?
The latest reading for Vanadzor shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Vanadzor today?
At AQI 44 (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 Vanadzor been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vanadzor's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 9 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Vanadzor lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vanadzor has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vanadzor grew from about 11,000 hectares to 11,300 hectares, a net gain of about 319 hectares (+2.9%). New forest grew on about 615 hectares, while 296 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vanadzor?
Vanadzor has an estimated 100,217 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 31.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vanadzor need?
Vanadzor has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Vanadzor'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 Vanadzor; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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