Bet Shemesh vs Tel Aviv
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.
Tel Aviv has more tree cover — 13.8% against 9.3%.
Tel Aviv has cleaner air right now — AQI 22 against 49.
- Tree cover gap
- 4.5 points
- Tel Aviv is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 27 AQI
- Tel Aviv is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 8.6K
- Tel Aviv has more standing.
Israel
Israel
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
9.3%
13.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
49 · Good
22 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
29.2K
37.8K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
65.0K
44.4K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
643K kg
833K 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. Tel Aviv is read from nearby ground stations and Bet Shemesh is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
11.8 µg/m³
5.3 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 | Bet Shemesh | Tel Aviv |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 43 | 40 |
| 23 Sept | 42 | 45 |
| 24 Sept | 43 | 44 |
| 25 Sept | 39 | 40 |
| 26 Sept | 34 | 39 |
| 27 Sept | 38 | 39 |
| 28 Sept | 42 | 51 |
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. Tel Aviv leads here at 13.8%.
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: Bet Shemesh reads 49 (good) and Tel Aviv reads 22 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Bet Shemesh and Tel Aviv, answered
Which has more trees, Bet Shemesh or Tel Aviv?
Tel Aviv, with roughly 37,848 trees inside its 2 km radius against 29,217. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Tel Aviv has the denser canopy at 13.8%.
Which has better air quality, Bet Shemesh or Tel Aviv?
Tel Aviv right now, at AQI 22 against 49 — a gap of 27 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?
Bet Shemesh needs about 65,031 more to reach its canopy target, and Tel Aviv about 44,430. 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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