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Arīsh vs Hebron

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.

Hebron has more tree cover — 0.7% against 0.6%.

Arīsh has cleaner air right now — AQI 37 against 47.

Tree cover gap
0.1 points
Hebron is ahead.
Air quality gap
10 AQI
Arīsh is cleaner.
Trees between them
540
Hebron has more standing.
Arīsh

Egypt

Hebron

Palestinian Territory

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

0.6%

0.7%

Air quality index

US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.

37 · Good

47 · Good

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

1.7K

2.2K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

81.3K

92.0K

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

36.5K kg

48.4K 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. Hebron is read from nearby ground stations and Arīsh is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

5.3 µg/m³

11.2 µg/m³

PM10

Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.

12.3 µg/m³

31 µg/m³

Nitrogen dioxide

Mostly traffic and combustion.

0.8 µg/m³

2.7 µg/m³

Ozone

Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.

80 µg/m³

85 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.

ArīshHebron· daily US EPA index, last 6 days
0255022 Sept25 Sept27 Sept
Daily air quality index for Arīsh and Hebron
DayArīshHebron
22 Sept4945
23 Sept4441
24 Sept4341
25 Sept4439
26 Sept4536
27 Sept4238

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. Hebron leads here at 0.7%.

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: Arīsh reads 37 (good) and Hebron reads 47 (good) right now.

Frequently asked

Arīsh and Hebron, answered

Which has more trees, Arīsh or Hebron?

Hebron, with roughly 2,199 trees inside its 2 km radius against 1,659. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Hebron has the denser canopy at 0.7%.

Which has better air quality, Arīsh or Hebron?

Arīsh right now, at AQI 37 against 47 — a gap of 10 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?

Arīsh needs about 81,279 more to reach its canopy target, and Hebron about 92,049. 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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