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Afyonkarahisar Air quality today
Air quality in Afyonkarahisar currently reads AQI 86 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 86
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.6
- tree cover
- 6.3%
- trees in this area
- 19.8K
- more trees needed
- 74.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Afyonkarahisar, Afyonkarahisar Merkez/Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Afyonkarahisar · AQI 86 (Moderate)
Afyonkarahisar's tree count comes to 19,792 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,456 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Afyonkarahisar today: AQI 86, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Kütahya and Uşak
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.6
PM10
7.8
NO₂
3.9
O₃
66.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
140.0
- 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 Afyonkarahisar's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 30 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 6.
Where Afyonkarahisar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Afyonkarahisar: Critically low
6.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
19,792
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
74,456
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,638 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Afyonkarahisar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Afyonkarahisar has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 9 haabout 13 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 Afyonkarahisar?
- Loggingcan grow back63% · 6 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.1% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.1% · under 1 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
- 464 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 494 ha
- Overall change
- +30 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Afyonkarahisar grew from about 464 hectares to 494 hectares, a net gain of about 30 hectares (+6.5%). New forest grew on about 42 hectares, while 12 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Afyonkarahisar
What is the air quality (AQI) in Afyonkarahisar right now?
The latest reading for Afyonkarahisar shows an AQI of 86 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 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 Afyonkarahisar today?
At AQI 86 (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 Afyonkarahisar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Afyonkarahisar's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 30 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Afyonkarahisar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Afyonkarahisar has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Afyonkarahisar grew from about 464 hectares to 494 hectares, a net gain of about 30 hectares (+6.5%). New forest grew on about 42 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Afyonkarahisar?
Afyonkarahisar has an estimated 19,792 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.3% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Afyonkarahisar need?
Afyonkarahisar needs roughly 74,456 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,638 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Afyonkarahisar'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 Afyonkarahisar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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