Erlangen vs Stuttgart
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.
Erlangen has more tree cover — 50.7% against 50.2%.
Erlangen has cleaner air right now — AQI 20 against 37.
- Tree cover gap
- 0.5 points
- Erlangen is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 17 AQI
- Erlangen is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 1.7K
- Erlangen has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
50.7%
50.2%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
20 · Good
37 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
159K
158K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.5M kg
3.5M 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. Both are read from nearby ground stations.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
4.7 µg/m³
8.8 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
17 µg/m³
65 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
19.5 µg/m³
22.1 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 | Erlangen | Stuttgart |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 31 | 40 |
| 23 Sept | 33 | 37 |
| 24 Sept | 41 | 37 |
| 25 Sept | 38 | 43 |
| 26 Sept | 49 | 38 |
| 27 Sept | 42 | 40 |
| 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. Erlangen leads here at 50.7%.
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: Erlangen reads 20 (good) and Stuttgart reads 37 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Erlangen and Stuttgart, answered
Which has more trees, Erlangen or Stuttgart?
Erlangen, with roughly 159,279 trees inside its 2 km radius against 157,550. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Erlangen has the denser canopy at 50.7%.
Which has better air quality, Erlangen or Stuttgart?
Erlangen right now, at AQI 20 against 37 — a gap of 17 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?
Erlangen needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Stuttgart 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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