Czechia — Green City Index

Ranking of 11 reviewed cities in Czechia: green space per inhabitant, land surface heat and air quality from satellite and model data.

Ranking

#rank City Green m²/capita Hottest zones °C PM2.5 µg/m³ PM10 µg/m³ NO2 µg/m³ Index
1 Opava 10973 +2.4 15.3 18.1 9.1 217.2
2 Frýdek-Místek 17931 +3.3 14.6 18.3 9.5 251.5
3 Zlín 11876 +3.6 13.9 17.9 12.0 267.0
4 Kladno 8173 +6.3 10.4 16.7 11.9 286.0
5 Olomouc 9956 +5.9 13.7 18.1 10.2 319.5
6 Pilsen 385 +4.9 11.1 14.4 12.1 343.5
7 Brno 305 +3.9 12.3 18.1 13.6 404.8
8 Prague 124 +3.5 10.5 17.4 14.6 420.3
9 Chodov 267 +5.1 10.5 17.3 14.5 426.3
10 Ostrava 436 +5.1 14.0 19.8 13.1 435.3
11 Stodůlky 226 +6.0 10.6 17.0 15.0 450.2

Method and caveats

The Index combines five measurements for each city: green space per inhabitant, how hot its hottest districts get, and three air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2). A city is placed from first to last on each measurement and those places are averaged, with green space counted twice. Lower is better.

Heat is land surface temperature, not air temperature. Air quality values are model estimates. Green area is vegetation extent detected by satellite, not tree height.