City report · Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Zaporizhzhya Air quality today
Air quality in Zaporizhzhya currently reads AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 117
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.5
- tree cover
- 40.6%
- trees in this area
- 127K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Voznesenivskyi district, Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, 69061 (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zaporizhzhya · AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Zaporizhzhya's tree count comes to 127,166 trees across 12.53 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zaporizhzhya today: AQI 117, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.5
PM10
48.9
NO₂
32.3
O₃
36.0
SO₂
25.3
CO
797.0
- 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 Zaporizhzhya's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 70 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 194 on Nov 10.
Where Zaporizhzhya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zaporizhzhya: Healthy tree cover
40.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
127,166
Target trees
127,166
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zaporizhzhya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zaporizhzhya has lost about 71 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 71 haabout 100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 42 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 26 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | 13 ha | 26 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zaporizhzhya?
- Towns and roadscleared for good59% · 42 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back15% · 10 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back11% · 8 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 8,580 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,450 ha
- Overall change
- +864 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaporizhzhya grew from about 8,580 hectares to 9,450 hectares, a net gain of about 864 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 921 hectares, while 56 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 Zaporizhzhya right now?
The latest reading for Zaporizhzhya shows an AQI of 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Zaporizhzhya today?
At AQI 117 (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 Zaporizhzhya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zaporizhzhya's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 70 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 194 on Nov 10. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zaporizhzhya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zaporizhzhya has lost about 71 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaporizhzhya grew from about 8,580 hectares to 9,450 hectares, a net gain of about 864 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 921 hectares, while 56 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zaporizhzhya?
Zaporizhzhya has an estimated 127,166 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 40.6% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zaporizhzhya need?
Zaporizhzhya has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Zaporizhzhya'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 Voznesenivskyi district; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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