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Bagrām vs Kohat

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.

Kohat has more tree cover — 29.8% against 14.1%.

Bagrām has cleaner air right now — AQI 24 against 85.

Tree cover gap
15.7 points
Kohat is ahead.
Air quality gap
61 AQI
Bagrām is cleaner.
Trees between them
49.3K
Kohat has more standing.
Bagrām

Afghanistan

Kohat

Pakistan

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

14.1%

29.8%

Air quality index

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

24 · Good

85 · Moderate

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

44.3K

93.6K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

50.0K

628

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

975K kg

2.1M 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. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

3.1 µg/m³

28.5 µg/m³

PM10

Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.

5.7 µg/m³

33.4 µg/m³

Nitrogen dioxide

Mostly traffic and combustion.

5.3 µg/m³

5.5 µg/m³

Ozone

Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.

92 µg/m³

131 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.

BagrāmKohat· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
06312522 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Bagrām and Kohat
DayBagrāmKohat
22 Sept5299
23 Sept5198
24 Sept55112
25 Sept5797
26 Sept4579
27 Sept4265
28 Sept3288

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. Kohat leads here at 29.8%.

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: Bagrām reads 24 (good) and Kohat reads 85 (moderate) right now.

Frequently asked

Bagrām and Kohat, answered

Which has more trees, Bagrām or Kohat?

Kohat, with roughly 93,619 trees inside its 2 km radius against 44,296. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Kohat has the denser canopy at 29.8%.

Which has better air quality, Bagrām or Kohat?

Bagrām right now, at AQI 24 against 85 — a gap of 61 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?

Bagrām needs about 49,951 more to reach its canopy target, and Kohat about 628. 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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