City report · Veneto, Italy
Verona Air quality today
Air quality in Verona currently reads AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 138
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 54.8
- tree cover
- 28.7%
- trees in this area
- 86.8K
- more trees needed
- 19.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Città Antica, 37121 Verona VR, Italy (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Verona · AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Verona's tree count comes to 86,828 trees across 12.1 km² of land, 6 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,060 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Verona today: AQI 138, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Vicenza and Padua
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
54.8
PM10
47.6
NO₂
30.0
O₃
19.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
403.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Verona's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 65 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 8.
Where Verona stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Verona: Below target
28.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.1 km² of land.
Trees in this area
86,828
Target trees
105,888
More trees needed
19,060
CO₂ if planted / yr
419.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Verona lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Verona has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 66 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 47 haabout 66 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 32 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 7 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 Verona?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 23 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · 10 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 9 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
- 4,040 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,390 ha
- Overall change
- +350 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Verona grew from about 4,040 hectares to 4,390 hectares, a net gain of about 350 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 404 hectares, while 54 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 Verona right now?
The latest reading for Verona shows an AQI of 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Verona today?
At AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Verona been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Verona's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 65 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 138 on Nov 8. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Verona lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Verona has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 66 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Verona grew from about 4,040 hectares to 4,390 hectares, a net gain of about 350 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 404 hectares, while 54 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Verona?
Verona has an estimated 86,828 trees across the 12.1 km² of land measured — 28.7% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Verona need?
Verona needs roughly 19,060 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 419.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Verona'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 Città Antica; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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