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Ağrı Air quality today

Air quality in Ağrı currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 69

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
17.6
tree cover
10.1%
trees in this area
31.7K
more trees needed
62.5K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Ağrı, Ağrı Merkez/Ağrı, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Ağrı · AQI 69 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 25, 2026

Ağrı's tree count comes to 31,730 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,518 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Ağrı today: AQI 69, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Yerevan and Erzurum

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

17.6

PM10

7.2

NO₂

2.1

O₃

69.0

SO₂

2.7

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 Ağrı's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 38 · peak 63
Nov 5: AQI 45 (peak 63)Nov 6: AQI 41 (peak 61)Nov 7: AQI 24 (peak 50)Nov 8: AQI 30 (peak 47)Nov 9: AQI 31 (peak 59)Nov 10: AQI 42 (peak 59)Nov 11: AQI 51 (peak 59)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Ağrı: Critically low

10.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

20 points below target

Trees in this area

31,730

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

62,518

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,375 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Ağrı lost?

There was almost no forest around Ağrı 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.

Satellite image of the area around Ağrı, August 2017

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

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

In the same region

Measured cities near Ağrı

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Iğdır

    Turkey

    88.9 km
    Tree cover
    11%
    Air quality
    75
  • Yerevan

    Armenia

    135.7 km
    Tree cover
    18%
    Air quality
    127
  • Gyumri

    Armenia

    138.1 km
    Tree cover
    14%
    Air quality
    38
  • Van

    Turkey

    138.9 km
    Tree cover
    9%
    Air quality
    79
  • Erzurum

    Turkey

    152.1 km
    Tree cover
    10%
    Air quality
    93
  • Hrazdan

    Armenia

    171.0 km
    Tree cover
    17%
    Air quality
    81

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

The latest reading for Ağrı shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 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 Ağrı today?

At AQI 69 (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 Ağrı been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ağrı's daily AQI at 38 on average, from 24 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Ağrı lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Ağrı 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.

What is the tree count in Ağrı?

Ağrı has an estimated 31,730 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.1% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Ağrı need?

Ağrı needs roughly 62,518 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,375 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Ağrı'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 Ağrı; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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