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Adana Air quality today

Air quality in Adana currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 66

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
16.9
tree cover
8.3%
trees in this area
25.1K
more trees needed
65.6K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Adana, Reşatbey, Seyhan/Adana, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Adana · AQI 66 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

Adana's tree count comes to 25,084 trees across 12.09 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,582 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Adana today: AQI 66, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Seyhan, Turkey, 1.2 km away · median of 3 stations

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

16.9

PM10

57.0

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)

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 Adana's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 29 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 116 on Nov 7.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 55 · peak 116
Nov 5: AQI 55 (peak 87)Nov 6: AQI 71 (peak 108)Nov 7: AQI 68 (peak 116)Nov 8: AQI 29 (peak 54)Nov 9: AQI 42 (peak 92)Nov 10: AQI 65 (peak 98)Nov 11: AQI 52 (peak 85)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Adana stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Adana: Critically low

8.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.09 km² of land.

22 points below target

Trees in this area

25,084

Target trees

90,666

More trees needed

65,582

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,443 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Adana lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Adana has lost about 58 hectares of forest (about 81 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Adana, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
58 haabout 81 football pitches
Share of its forest
20%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
57 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2016, when about 13 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Adana, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Adana, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.13.1

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Forest lost each year around Adana, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20144 haunder 1 ha4 ha
20156 haunder 1 ha6 ha
201613 haunder 1 ha13 ha
20178 haunder 1 ha8 ha
20182 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20191 haunder 1 ha1 ha
20202 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
202310 haunder 1 ha10 ha
20244 haunder 1 ha4 ha
20252 haunder 1 ha2 ha

What is causing deforestation around Adana?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good88% · 51 ha
  • Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 6 ha

Also: unknown causes.

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
644 ha
Forest in 2020
524 ha
Overall change
−120 haless forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Adana shrank from about 644 hectares to 524 hectares, a net loss of about 120 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 86 hectares, but 206 hectares were 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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Questions about Adana

What is the air quality (AQI) in Adana right now?

The latest reading for Adana shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Seyhan, Turkey, 1.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Adana today?

At AQI 66 (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 Adana been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Adana's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 29 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 116 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Adana lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Adana has lost about 58 hectares of forest (about 81 football pitches): 20% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Adana shrank from about 644 hectares to 524 hectares, a net loss of about 120 hectares (−19%). New forest grew on about 86 hectares, but 206 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Adana?

Adana has an estimated 25,084 trees across the 12.09 km² of land measured — 8.3% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Adana need?

Adana needs roughly 65,582 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,443 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Adana's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Adana, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Adana; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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