Abadan vs Kuwait City
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.
Abadan has more tree cover — 10.9% against 5.2%.
Kuwait City has cleaner air right now — AQI 92 against 101.
- Tree cover gap
- 5.7 points
- Abadan is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 9 AQI
- Kuwait City is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 19.8K
- Abadan has more standing.
Iran
Kuwait
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
10.9%
5.2%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
101 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups
92 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
34.0K
14.3K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
75.3K
68.0K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
749K kg
314K kg
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. Kuwait City is read from nearby ground stations and Abadan is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
35.6 µg/m³
31.7 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.
| Day | Abadan | Kuwait City |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 76 | 140 |
| 23 Sept | 81 | 150 |
| 24 Sept | 97 | 239 |
| 25 Sept | 90 | 441 |
| 26 Sept | 86 | 449 |
| 27 Sept | 93 | 157 |
| 28 Sept | 91 | 118 |
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. Abadan leads here at 10.9%.
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: Abadan reads 101 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) and Kuwait City reads 92 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Abadan and Kuwait City, answered
Which has more trees, Abadan or Kuwait City?
Abadan, with roughly 34,038 trees inside its 2 km radius against 14,262. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Abadan has the denser canopy at 10.9%.
Which has better air quality, Abadan or Kuwait City?
Kuwait City right now, at AQI 92 against 101 — a gap of 9 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?
Abadan needs about 75,258 more to reach its canopy target, and Kuwait City about 68,017. 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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