City report · Sharqia, Egypt
Abū Kabīr Air quality today
Air quality in Abū Kabīr currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 61
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.3
- tree cover
- 4.1%
- trees in this area
- 12.9K
- more trees needed
- 81.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Abu Kabir, Ash Sharqiyah, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abū Kabīr · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Abū Kabīr's tree count comes to 12,881 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,367 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abū Kabīr today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 65 km, e.g. 10th of Ramadan City 1 and Obour
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.3
PM10
6.8
NO₂
2.3
O₃
86.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
133.0
- 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 Abū Kabīr's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 100 on Nov 5.
Where Abū Kabīr stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abū Kabīr: Critically low
4.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,881
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
81,367
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,790 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abū Kabīr lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abū Kabīr has lost about 2 hectares of forest: 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (25%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 ha
- Share of its forest
- 1.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abū Kabīr?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown75% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Abū Kabīr right now?
The latest reading for Abū Kabīr shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 65 km, 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 Abū Kabīr today?
At AQI 61 (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 Abū Kabīr been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abū Kabīr's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 30 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 100 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 Abū Kabīr lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abū Kabīr has lost about 2 hectares of forest: 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (25%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
What is the tree count in Abū Kabīr?
Abū Kabīr has an estimated 12,881 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.1% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abū Kabīr need?
Abū Kabīr needs roughly 81,367 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,790 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abū Kabīr'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 Abu Kabir; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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