Al Khuşūş vs Al-'Ubūr
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-'Ubūr has more tree cover — 7.0% against 1.0%.
Al Khuşūş has cleaner air right now — AQI 75 against 164.
- Tree cover gap
- 6.0 points
- Al-'Ubūr is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 89 AQI
- Al Khuşūş is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 18.9K
- Al-'Ubūr has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
1.0%
7.0%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
75 · Moderate
164 · Unhealthy
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
3.1K
22.0K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
90.9K
104K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
69.0K kg
484K 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. Al-'Ubūr is read from nearby ground stations and Al Khuşūş is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
23.6 µg/m³
80.5 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 Khuşūş | Al-'Ubūr |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 63 | 57 |
| 23 Sept | 68 | 59 |
| 24 Sept | 54 | 50 |
| 25 Sept | 48 | 47 |
| 26 Sept | 49 | 47 |
| 27 Sept | 55 | 46 |
| 28 Sept | 71 | 66 |
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-'Ubūr leads here at 7.0%.
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: Al Khuşūş reads 75 (moderate) and Al-'Ubūr reads 164 (unhealthy) right now.
Frequently asked
Al Khuşūş and Al-'Ubūr, answered
Which has more trees, Al Khuşūş or Al-'Ubūr?
Al-'Ubūr, with roughly 21,991 trees inside its 2 km radius against 3,135. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Al-'Ubūr has the denser canopy at 7.0%.
Which has better air quality, Al Khuşūş or Al-'Ubūr?
Al Khuşūş right now, at AQI 75 against 164 — a gap of 89 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 Khuşūş needs about 90,924 more to reach its canopy target, and Al-'Ubūr about 103,673. 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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