Başakşehir vs Ploieşti
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.
Ploieşti has more tree cover — 34.9% against 18.6%.
Ploieşti has cleaner air right now — AQI 26 against 147.
- Tree cover gap
- 16.3 points
- Ploieşti is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 121 AQI
- Ploieşti is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 51.3K
- Ploieşti has more standing.
Turkey
Romania
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
18.6%
34.9%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
147 · Unhealthy for sensitive groups
26 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
58.4K
110K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
51.5K
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
1.3M kg
2.4M 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. Başakşehir is read from nearby ground stations and Ploieşti is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
54.3 µg/m³
5.5 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
67.3 µg/m³
9.2 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 | Başakşehir | Ploieşti |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 34 | 26 |
| 23 Sept | 30 | 25 |
| 24 Sept | 28 | 30 |
| 25 Sept | 41 | 33 |
| 26 Sept | 33 | 31 |
| 27 Sept | 36 | 29 |
| 28 Sept | 34 | 27 |
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. Ploieşti leads here at 34.9%.
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: Başakşehir reads 147 (unhealthy for sensitive groups) and Ploieşti reads 26 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Başakşehir and Ploieşti, answered
Which has more trees, Başakşehir or Ploieşti?
Ploieşti, with roughly 109,642 trees inside its 2 km radius against 58,375. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Ploieşti has the denser canopy at 34.9%.
Which has better air quality, Başakşehir or Ploieşti?
Ploieşti right now, at AQI 26 against 147 — a gap of 121 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?
Başakşehir needs about 51,471 more to reach its canopy target, and Ploieşti about 0. 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.
Keep going
Other comparisons nearby
- Başakşehir vs Küçükçekmece17% tree cover · AQI 75Compare
- Başakşehir vs Esenyurt6% tree cover · AQI 32Compare
- Başakşehir vs Istanbul11% tree cover · AQI 75Compare
- Başakşehir vs Umraniye19% tree cover · AQI 76Compare
- Başakşehir vs Bucharest24% tree cover · AQI 30Compare
- Başakşehir vs Buzău41% tree cover · AQI 30Compare
Build your own
Compare Başakşehir with somewhere else
This place
Başakşehir
Want a different pair? Browse comparisons or measure any address.