Abū Ghurayb vs Al-Musayab
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.
Al-Musayab has more tree cover — 16.6% against 5.4%.
Abū Ghurayb has cleaner air right now — AQI 79 against 125.
- Tree cover gap
- 11.2 points
- Al-Musayab is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 46 AQI
- Abū Ghurayb is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 32.1K
- Al-Musayab has more standing.
Iraq
Iraq
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
5.4%
16.6%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
79 · Moderate
125 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
17.0K
49.0K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
77.3K
54.3K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
373K kg
1.1M 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. Abū Ghurayb is read from nearby ground stations and Al-Musayab is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
25.4 µg/m³
45.3 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 | Abū Ghurayb | Al-Musayab |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 80 | 93 |
| 23 Sept | 86 | 105 |
| 24 Sept | 55 | 71 |
| 25 Sept | 48 | 74 |
| 26 Sept | 58 | 81 |
| 27 Sept | 76 | 113 |
| 28 Sept | 88 | 121 |
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. Al-Musayab leads here at 16.6%.
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: Abū Ghurayb reads 79 (moderate) and Al-Musayab reads 125 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) right now.
Frequently asked
Abū Ghurayb and Al-Musayab, answered
Which has more trees, Abū Ghurayb or Al-Musayab?
Al-Musayab, with roughly 49,021 trees inside its 2 km radius against 16,965. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Al-Musayab has the denser canopy at 16.6%.
Which has better air quality, Abū Ghurayb or Al-Musayab?
Abū Ghurayb right now, at AQI 79 against 125 — a gap of 46 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?
Abū Ghurayb needs about 77,283 more to reach its canopy target, and Al-Musayab about 54,337. 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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