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Al Ain City Air quality today
Air quality in Al Ain City currently reads AQI 100 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 100
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.9
- tree cover
- 3.4%
- trees in this area
- 10.7K
- more trees needed
- 83.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Industrial Area - Batha Al Hayer - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Ain City · AQI 100 (Moderate)
Al Ain City's tree count comes to 10,681 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,566 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Ain City today: AQI 100, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Al Ain/Islamic Institute, UAE, 4 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.9
PM10
154.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, AED - Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi ( هيئة البيئة - أبو ظبي)
- 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 Al Ain City's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 75 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 9.
Where Al Ain City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Ain City: Critically low
3.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
10,681
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
83,566
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,838 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Ain City lost?
There was almost no forest around Al Ain City 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.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 241 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 323 ha
- Overall change
- +82 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Ain City grew from about 241 hectares to 323 hectares, a net gain of about 82 hectares (+34%). New forest grew on about 82 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Al Ain City right now?
The latest reading for Al Ain City shows an AQI of 100 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Al Ain/Islamic Institute, UAE, 4 km away). The main pollutant is PM10. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Al Ain City today?
At AQI 100 (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 Al Ain City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Ain City's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 75 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Al Ain City lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Al Ain City 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Ain City grew from about 241 hectares to 323 hectares, a net gain of about 82 hectares (+34%). New forest grew on about 82 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Al Ain City?
Al Ain City has an estimated 10,681 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.4% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Ain City need?
Al Ain City needs roughly 83,566 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,838 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Ain City's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Industrial Area - Batha Al Hayer - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates, 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 Industrial Area - Batha Al Hayer - Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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