Kfar Saba vs Nablus
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.
Kfar Saba has more tree cover — 17.2% against 2.1%.
Nablus has cleaner air right now — AQI 46 against 54.
- Tree cover gap
- 15.1 points
- Kfar Saba is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 8 AQI
- Nablus is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 47.4K
- Kfar Saba has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
17.2%
2.1%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
54 · Moderate
46 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
54.0K
6.6K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
40.2K
87.7K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
1.2M kg
145K 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. Kfar Saba is read from nearby ground stations and Nablus is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
13.5 µg/m³
11 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 | Kfar Saba | Nablus |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 43 | 42 |
| 23 Sept | 43 | 42 |
| 24 Sept | 43 | 42 |
| 25 Sept | 41 | 41 |
| 26 Sept | 34 | 37 |
| 27 Sept | 38 | 38 |
| 28 Sept | 41 | 38 |
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. Kfar Saba leads here at 17.2%.
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: Kfar Saba reads 54 (moderate) and Nablus reads 46 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Kfar Saba and Nablus, answered
Which has more trees, Kfar Saba or Nablus?
Kfar Saba, with roughly 54,035 trees inside its 2 km radius against 6,597. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Kfar Saba has the denser canopy at 17.2%.
Which has better air quality, Kfar Saba or Nablus?
Nablus right now, at AQI 46 against 54 — a gap of 8 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?
Kfar Saba needs about 40,212 more to reach its canopy target, and Nablus about 87,650. 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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