Balıkesir vs Umraniye
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.
Umraniye has more tree cover — 18.8% against 10.4%.
Balıkesir has cleaner air right now — AQI 31 against 79.
- Tree cover gap
- 8.4 points
- Umraniye is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 48 AQI
- Balıkesir is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 26.3K
- Umraniye has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
10.4%
18.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
31 · Good
79 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
32.7K
59.0K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
61.6K
35.2K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
719K kg
1.3M 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. Umraniye is read from nearby ground stations and Balıkesir is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
6.4 µg/m³
25.6 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
9.5 µg/m³
41.3 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
1.3 µg/m³
124.9 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 | Balıkesir | Umraniye |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 39 | 41 |
| 23 Sept | 29 | 35 |
| 24 Sept | 31 | 50 |
| 25 Sept | 59 | 39 |
| 26 Sept | 58 | 31 |
| 27 Sept | 35 | 36 |
| 28 Sept | 32 | 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. Umraniye leads here at 18.8%.
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: Balıkesir reads 31 (good) and Umraniye reads 79 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Balıkesir and Umraniye, answered
Which has more trees, Balıkesir or Umraniye?
Umraniye, with roughly 59,003 trees inside its 2 km radius against 32,673. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Umraniye has the denser canopy at 18.8%.
Which has better air quality, Balıkesir or Umraniye?
Balıkesir right now, at AQI 31 against 79 — a gap of 48 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?
Balıkesir needs about 61,575 more to reach its canopy target, and Umraniye about 35,151. 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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