City report · 'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia
Abha Air quality today
Air quality in Abha currently reads AQI 56 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 56
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.0
- tree cover
- 5.4%
- trees in this area
- 16.9K
- more trees needed
- 77.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around An Nasab, Abha 62521, Saudi Arabia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abha · AQI 56 (Moderate)
Abha's tree count comes to 16,914 trees across 12.53 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 77,051 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abha today: AQI 56, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.0
PM10
20.1
NO₂
11.9
O₃
30.0
SO₂
5.6
CO
151.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abha's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 51 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5.
Where Abha stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abha: Critically low
5.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.53 km² of land.
Trees in this area
16,914
Target trees
93,965
More trees needed
77,051
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,695 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abha lost?
There was almost no forest around Abha in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 112 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 136 ha
- Overall change
- +24 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abha grew from about 112 hectares to 136 hectares, a net gain of about 24 hectares (+21%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Abha right now?
The latest reading for Abha shows an AQI of 56 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Abha today?
At AQI 56 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Abha been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abha's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 51 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Abha lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Abha in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abha grew from about 112 hectares to 136 hectares, a net gain of about 24 hectares (+21%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Abha?
Abha has an estimated 16,914 trees across the 12.53 km² of land measured — 5.4% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abha need?
Abha needs roughly 77,051 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,695 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abha's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around An Nasab; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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