Ajman vs Sharjah
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.
Sharjah has more tree cover — 2.4% against 1.3%.
Sharjah has cleaner air right now — AQI 173 against 185.
- Tree cover gap
- 1.1 points
- Sharjah is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 12 AQI
- Sharjah is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 3.5K
- Sharjah has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
1.3%
2.4%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
185 · Unhealthy
173 · Unhealthy
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
4.1K
7.5K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
121K
118K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
89.1K kg
166K 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. Both are read from nearby ground stations.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
121.2 µg/m³
98.4 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 | Ajman | Sharjah |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 145 | 156 |
| 23 Sept | 144 | 144 |
| 24 Sept | 148 | 150 |
| 25 Sept | 155 | 156 |
| 26 Sept | 160 | 155 |
| 27 Sept | 169 | 164 |
| 28 Sept | 181 | 169 |
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. Sharjah leads here at 2.4%.
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: Ajman reads 185 (unhealthy) and Sharjah reads 173 (unhealthy) right now.
Frequently asked
Ajman and Sharjah, answered
Which has more trees, Ajman or Sharjah?
Sharjah, with roughly 7,540 trees inside its 2 km radius against 4,051. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Sharjah has the denser canopy at 2.4%.
Which has better air quality, Ajman or Sharjah?
Sharjah right now, at AQI 173 against 185 — a gap of 12 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?
Ajman needs about 120,607 more to reach its canopy target, and Sharjah about 118,124. 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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