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6th of October City vs New Cairo

Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.

New Cairo has more tree cover — 10.0% against 0.0%.

6th of October City has cleaner air right now — AQI 56 against 135.

Tree cover gap
10.0 points
New Cairo is ahead.
Air quality gap
79 AQI
6th of October City is cleaner.
Trees between them
31.4K
New Cairo has more standing.
6th of October City

Egypt

New Cairo

Egypt

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

0.0%

10.0%

Air quality index

US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.

56 · Moderate

135 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

0

31.4K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

94.2K

78.5K

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

0 kg

691K kg

The full 6th of October City report0 trees, measured Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth SearchThe full New Cairo report31,416 trees, measured Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search

Air quality in detail

What each city is breathing

Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. New Cairo is read from nearby ground stations and 6th of October City is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

14.7 µg/m³

49.2 µg/m³

The last week, day by day

A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.

6th of October CityNew Cairo· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
0387522 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for 6th of October City and New Cairo
Day6th of October CityNew Cairo
22 Sept6660
23 Sept6463
24 Sept5747
25 Sept5644
26 Sept5646
27 Sept5950
28 Sept6567

Reading these numbers

What is actually being measured

Tree cover

The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. New Cairo leads here at 10.0%.

Air quality index

The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: 6th of October City reads 56 (moderate) and New Cairo reads 135 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) right now.

Frequently asked

6th of October City and New Cairo, answered

Which has more trees, 6th of October City or New Cairo?

New Cairo, with roughly 31,416 trees inside its 2 km radius against 0. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: New Cairo has the denser canopy at 10.0%.

Which has better air quality, 6th of October City or New Cairo?

6th of October City right now, at AQI 56 against 135 — a gap of 79 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.

How many more trees does each city need?

6th of October City needs about 94,248 more to reach its canopy target, and New Cairo about 78,540. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.

Are these two measured the same way?

Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.

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