Bender vs Cluj-Napoca
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.
Bender has more tree cover — 48.9% against 35.8%.
Bender has cleaner air right now — AQI 27 against 61.
- Tree cover gap
- 13.1 points
- Bender is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 34 AQI
- Bender is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 36.7K
- Bender has more standing.
Moldova
Romania
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
48.9%
35.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
27 · Good
61 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
149K
112K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.3M kg
2.5M 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. Cluj-Napoca is read from nearby ground stations and Bender is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
6.5 µg/m³
5.5 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
8.8 µg/m³
9.2 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
1.6 µg/m³
12 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
56 µg/m³
115.7 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 | Bender | Cluj-Napoca |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 25 | 26 |
| 23 Sept | 22 | 23 |
| 24 Sept | 26 | 28 |
| 25 Sept | 26 | 36 |
| 26 Sept | 27 | 45 |
| 27 Sept | 29 | 41 |
| 28 Sept | 30 | 43 |
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. Bender leads here at 48.9%.
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: Bender reads 27 (good) and Cluj-Napoca reads 61 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Bender and Cluj-Napoca, answered
Which has more trees, Bender or Cluj-Napoca?
Bender, with roughly 149,015 trees inside its 2 km radius against 112,357. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Bender has the denser canopy at 48.9%.
Which has better air quality, Bender or Cluj-Napoca?
Bender right now, at AQI 27 against 61 — a gap of 34 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?
Bender needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Cluj-Napoca 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.
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