Brăila 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.
Brăila has more tree cover — 40.8% against 35.8%.
Brăila has cleaner air right now — AQI 30 against 34.
- Tree cover gap
- 5.0 points
- Brăila is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 4 AQI
- Brăila is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 2.0K
- Brăila has more standing.
Romania
Romania
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
40.8%
35.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
30 · Good
34 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
114K
112K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
2.5M 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 Brăila is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
7.2 µg/m³
8.2 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
11 µg/m³
12.5 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
2.1 µg/m³
31.9 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
61 µg/m³
19.9 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 | Brăila | Cluj-Napoca |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 26 | 26 |
| 23 Sept | 24 | 23 |
| 24 Sept | 24 | 28 |
| 25 Sept | 32 | 36 |
| 26 Sept | 25 | 45 |
| 27 Sept | 30 | 41 |
| 28 Sept | 29 | 48 |
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. Brăila leads here at 40.8%.
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: Brăila reads 30 (good) and Cluj-Napoca reads 34 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Brăila and Cluj-Napoca, answered
Which has more trees, Brăila or Cluj-Napoca?
Brăila, with roughly 114,334 trees inside its 2 km radius against 112,357. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Brăila has the denser canopy at 40.8%.
Which has better air quality, Brăila or Cluj-Napoca?
Brăila right now, at AQI 30 against 34 — a gap of 4 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?
Brăila 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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