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Ventspils Air quality today
Air quality in Ventspils currently reads AQI 28 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 28
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.0
- tree cover
- 30.7%
- trees in this area
- 74.3K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ventspils, Latvia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ventspils · AQI 28 (Good)
Ventspils's tree count comes to 74,264 trees across 9.68 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ventspils today: AQI 28, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Ventspils parventa, 2 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.0
PM10
—
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 Ventspils's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 12 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 11.
Where Ventspils stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ventspils: Healthy tree cover
30.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.68 km² of land.
Trees in this area
74,264
Target trees
74,264
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ventspils lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ventspils has lost about 974 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 63 hectares (6.5%) 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 east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 974 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 63 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 87 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 177 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 13 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 27 ha | 28 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 26 ha | 28 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 45 ha | 45 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 49 ha | 55 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 15 ha | 18 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 28 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 56 ha | 58 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 49 ha | 49 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 58 ha | 60 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 17 ha | 18 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 74 ha | 76 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | 176 ha | 177 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 51 ha | 54 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 42 ha | 45 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 71 ha | 85 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ventspils?
- Loggingcan grow back93% · 905 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · 61 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 5,750 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,970 ha
- Overall change
- +221 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ventspils grew from about 5,750 hectares to 5,970 hectares, a net gain of about 221 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 460 hectares, while 238 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 Ventspils right now?
The latest reading for Ventspils shows an AQI of 28 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the Ventspils parventa ground monitoring station, 2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ventspils today?
At AQI 28 (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 Ventspils been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ventspils's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 12 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ventspils lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ventspils has lost about 974 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 63 hectares (6.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 87 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ventspils grew from about 5,750 hectares to 5,970 hectares, a net gain of about 221 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 460 hectares, while 238 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ventspils?
Ventspils has an estimated 74,264 trees across the 9.68 km² of land measured — 30.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ventspils need?
Ventspils has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Ventspils's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ventspils, 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 Ventspils; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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