Baia Mare vs Balıkesir
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.
Baia Mare has more tree cover — 45.5% against 10.4%.
Baia Mare has cleaner air right now — AQI 28 against 31.
- Tree cover gap
- 35.1 points
- Baia Mare is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 3 AQI
- Baia Mare is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 110K
- Baia Mare has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
45.5%
10.4%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
28 · Good
31 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
143K
32.7K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
61.6K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.1M kg
719K 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.
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 | Baia Mare | Balıkesir |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 23 | 39 |
| 23 Sept | 29 | 29 |
| 24 Sept | 35 | 31 |
| 25 Sept | 35 | 59 |
| 26 Sept | 36 | 58 |
| 27 Sept | 36 | 35 |
| 28 Sept | 28 | 32 |
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. Baia Mare leads here at 45.5%.
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: Baia Mare reads 28 (good) and Balıkesir reads 31 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Baia Mare and Balıkesir, answered
Which has more trees, Baia Mare or Balıkesir?
Baia Mare, with roughly 142,942 trees inside its 2 km radius against 32,673. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Baia Mare has the denser canopy at 45.5%.
Which has better air quality, Baia Mare or Balıkesir?
Baia Mare right now, at AQI 28 against 31 — a gap of 3 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?
Baia Mare needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Balıkesir about 61,575. 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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