Deir ez-Zor vs Viranşehir
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.
Viranşehir has more tree cover — 13.0% against 12.9%.
Viranşehir has cleaner air right now — AQI 31 against 33.
- Tree cover gap
- 0.1 points
- Viranşehir is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 2 AQI
- Viranşehir is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 2.1K
- Viranşehir has more standing.
Syria
Turkey
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
12.9%
13.0%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
33 · Good
31 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
38.7K
40.8K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
51.3K
53.4K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
851K kg
899K 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. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
7.1 µg/m³
7.4 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
14.9 µg/m³
11.2 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
1.1 µg/m³
1.9 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
72 µg/m³
55 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 | Deir ez-Zor | Viranşehir |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 63 | 53 |
| 23 Sept | 43 | 45 |
| 24 Sept | 39 | 38 |
| 25 Sept | 36 | 41 |
| 26 Sept | 51 | 50 |
| 27 Sept | 56 | 57 |
| 28 Sept | 38 | 35 |
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. Viranşehir leads here at 13.0%.
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: Deir ez-Zor reads 33 (good) and Viranşehir reads 31 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Deir ez-Zor and Viranşehir, answered
Which has more trees, Deir ez-Zor or Viranşehir?
Viranşehir, with roughly 40,841 trees inside its 2 km radius against 38,703. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Viranşehir has the denser canopy at 13.0%.
Which has better air quality, Deir ez-Zor or Viranşehir?
Viranşehir right now, at AQI 31 against 33 — a gap of 2 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?
Deir ez-Zor needs about 51,304 more to reach its canopy target, and Viranşehir about 53,407. 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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