Al ‘Amārah vs Al Maḩmūdīyah
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 Maḩmūdīyah has more tree cover — 4.3% against 2.3%.
Al Maḩmūdīyah has cleaner air right now — AQI 87 against 134.
- Tree cover gap
- 2.0 points
- Al Maḩmūdīyah is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 47 AQI
- Al Maḩmūdīyah is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 6.3K
- Al Maḩmūdīyah has more standing.
Iraq
Iraq
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
2.3%
4.3%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
134 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups
87 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
7.2K
13.5K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
102K
80.7K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
158K kg
297K 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 modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
48.7 µg/m³
29 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
99.4 µg/m³
64 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
3.8 µg/m³
7.7 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
105 µg/m³
141 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 | Al ‘Amārah | Al Maḩmūdīyah |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 90 | 73 |
| 23 Sept | 196 | 86 |
| 24 Sept | 402 | 56 |
| 25 Sept | 428 | 55 |
| 26 Sept | 260 | 64 |
| 27 Sept | 170 | 82 |
| 28 Sept | 122 | 88 |
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 Maḩmūdīyah leads here at 4.3%.
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: Al ‘Amārah reads 134 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) and Al Maḩmūdīyah reads 87 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Al ‘Amārah and Al Maḩmūdīyah, answered
Which has more trees, Al ‘Amārah or Al Maḩmūdīyah?
Al Maḩmūdīyah, with roughly 13,509 trees inside its 2 km radius against 7,204. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Al Maḩmūdīyah has the denser canopy at 4.3%.
Which has better air quality, Al ‘Amārah or Al Maḩmūdīyah?
Al Maḩmūdīyah right now, at AQI 87 against 134 — a gap of 47 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?
Al ‘Amārah needs about 102,422 more to reach its canopy target, and Al Maḩmūdīyah about 80,739. 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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