Burgas vs Stara Zagora
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.
Stara Zagora has more tree cover — 42.8% against 34.6%.
Burgas has cleaner air right now — AQI 31 against 37.
- Tree cover gap
- 8.2 points
- Stara Zagora is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 6 AQI
- Burgas is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 51.8K
- Stara Zagora has more standing.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
34.6%
42.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
31 · Good
37 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
82.4K
134K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
1.8M kg
3.0M 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. Stara Zagora is read from nearby ground stations and Burgas is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
5.1 µg/m³
8.8 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 | Burgas | Stara Zagora |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 30 | 34 |
| 23 Sept | 26 | 30 |
| 24 Sept | 27 | 30 |
| 25 Sept | 30 | 32 |
| 26 Sept | 32 | 27 |
| 27 Sept | 34 | 29 |
| 28 Sept | 32 | 29 |
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. Stara Zagora leads here at 42.8%.
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: Burgas reads 31 (good) and Stara Zagora reads 37 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Burgas and Stara Zagora, answered
Which has more trees, Burgas or Stara Zagora?
Stara Zagora, with roughly 134,191 trees inside its 2 km radius against 82,394. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Stara Zagora has the denser canopy at 42.8%.
Which has better air quality, Burgas or Stara Zagora?
Burgas right now, at AQI 31 against 37 — a gap of 6 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?
Burgas needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Stara Zagora 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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