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Vlorë Air quality today
Air quality in Vlorë currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.0
- tree cover
- 12.8%
- trees in this area
- 39.7K
- more trees needed
- 53.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vlorë, Albania (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vlorë · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Vlorë's tree count comes to 39,690 trees across 12.41 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,333 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vlorë today: AQI 53, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Bitola and Prilep
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
8.0
PM10
3.9
NO₂
1.5
O₃
69.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
126.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vlorë's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5.
Where Vlorë stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vlorë: Critically low
12.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
39,690
Target trees
93,023
More trees needed
53,333
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,173 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vlorë lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vlorë has lost about 252 hectares of forest (about 350 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (69%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 252 haabout 350 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 174 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 28 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 15 ha | 6 ha | 21 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 16 ha | 2 ha | 18 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 21 ha | 8 ha | 28 ha |
| 2020 | 11 ha | 3 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Vlorë?
- Mining and energycleared for good34% · 87 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good29% · 72 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back20% · 51 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 3,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,180 ha
- Overall change
- −74 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vlorë shrank from about 3,250 hectares to 3,180 hectares, a net loss of about 74 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 83 hectares, but 157 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 Vlorë right now?
The latest reading for Vlorë shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Vlorë today?
At AQI 53 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Vlorë been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vlorë's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 14 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Vlorë lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Vlorë has lost about 252 hectares of forest (about 350 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (69%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Vlorë shrank from about 3,250 hectares to 3,180 hectares, a net loss of about 74 hectares (−2.3%). New forest grew on about 83 hectares, but 157 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Vlorë?
Vlorë has an estimated 39,690 trees across the 12.41 km² of land measured — 12.8% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vlorë need?
Vlorë needs roughly 53,333 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,173 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Vlorë'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 Vlorë; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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