Baia Mare vs Bandırma
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 11.2%.
Baia Mare has cleaner air right now — AQI 30 against 33.
- Tree cover gap
- 34.3 points
- Baia Mare is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 3 AQI
- Baia Mare is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 117K
- Baia Mare has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
45.5%
11.2%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
30 · Good
33 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
143K
26.4K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
44.3K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.1M kg
581K 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. Baia Mare is read from nearby ground stations and Bandırma is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
7.1 µg/m³
5.6 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
11.5 µg/m³
8.9 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
28.5 µg/m³
0.9 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
59.8 µg/m³
76 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 | Baia Mare | Bandırma |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 23 | 39 |
| 23 Sept | 29 | 31 |
| 24 Sept | 35 | 35 |
| 25 Sept | 35 | 52 |
| 26 Sept | 36 | 44 |
| 27 Sept | 36 | 37 |
| 28 Sept | 28 | 35 |
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 30 (good) and Bandırma reads 33 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Baia Mare and Bandırma, answered
Which has more trees, Baia Mare or Bandırma?
Baia Mare, with roughly 142,942 trees inside its 2 km radius against 26,389. 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 Bandırma?
Baia Mare right now, at AQI 30 against 33 — 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 Bandırma about 44,296. 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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