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Aksaray Air quality today
Air quality in Aksaray currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 68
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 18.3
- tree cover
- 3.6%
- trees in this area
- 11.3K
- more trees needed
- 82.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Aksaray, Aksaray Merkez/Aksaray, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Aksaray · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Aksaray's tree count comes to 11,310 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 82,938 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Aksaray today: AQI 68, 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 · Aksaray, Turkey, 900 m away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
18.3
PM10
24.8
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 Aksaray's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 4.
Where Aksaray stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Aksaray: Critically low
3.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
11,310
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
82,938
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,825 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Aksaray lost?
There was very little forest around Aksaray in 2000, about 70 hectares, and about 11 hectares of it has been lost 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2004, when about 6 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Aksaray?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 8 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · 2 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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Questions about Aksaray
What is the air quality (AQI) in Aksaray right now?
The latest reading for Aksaray shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Aksaray, Turkey ground monitoring station, 900 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Aksaray today?
At AQI 68 (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 Aksaray been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Aksaray's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Aksaray lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Aksaray in 2000, about 70 hectares, and about 11 hectares of it has been lost 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 Aksaray?
Aksaray has an estimated 11,310 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.6% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Aksaray need?
Aksaray needs roughly 82,938 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,825 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Aksaray's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Aksaray, 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 Aksaray; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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