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Virginia Air quality today
Air quality in Virginia currently reads AQI 49 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 49
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 32.9%
- trees in this area
- 103K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Virginia, South Africa (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Virginia · AQI 49 (Good)
Virginia's tree count comes to 103,152 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Virginia today: AQI 49, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 10 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Maseru and Potchefstroom
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.7
PM10
14.0
NO₂
7.6
O₃
75.0
SO₂
7.0
CO
199.0
- 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 Virginia's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 11.
Where Virginia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Virginia: Healthy tree cover
32.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
103,152
Target trees
103,152
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Virginia lost?
There was very little forest around Virginia in 2000, about 25 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 4 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 | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Virginia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 5 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown22% · 2 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
- 39
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Virginia right now?
The latest reading for Virginia shows an AQI of 49 (Good), observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Virginia today?
At AQI 49 (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 Virginia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Virginia's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Virginia lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Virginia in 2000, about 25 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Virginia?
Virginia has an estimated 103,152 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 32.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Virginia need?
Virginia has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Virginia'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 Virginia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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