City report · Faiyum, Egypt
Al Fayyum Air quality today
Air quality in Al Fayyum currently reads AQI 164 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 164
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 85.2
- tree cover
- 9.6%
- trees in this area
- 30.2K
- more trees needed
- 95.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Faiyum, Qesm Al Fayoum, First Al Faiyum, Faiyum Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Fayyum · AQI 164 (Unhealthy)
Al Fayyum's tree count comes to 30,159 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 95,504 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Fayyum today: AQI 164, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. New Cairo 1 and Obour
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
85.2
PM10
213.7
NO₂
6.2
O₃
89.0
SO₂
11.3
CO
143.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Fayyum's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 63 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 9.
Where Al Fayyum stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Fayyum: Critically low
9.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
30,159
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
95,504
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,101 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Fayyum lost?
There was almost no forest around Al Fayyum 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 286 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 296 ha
- Overall change
- +10 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Fayyum grew from about 286 hectares to 296 hectares, a net gain of about 10 hectares (+3.5%). New forest grew on about 11 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 Fayyum right now?
The latest reading for Al Fayyum shows an AQI of 164 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Al Fayyum today?
At AQI 164 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Al Fayyum been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Fayyum's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 63 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Al Fayyum lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Al Fayyum 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 Fayyum grew from about 286 hectares to 296 hectares, a net gain of about 10 hectares (+3.5%). New forest grew on about 11 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Al Fayyum?
Al Fayyum has an estimated 30,159 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.6% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Fayyum need?
Al Fayyum needs roughly 95,504 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,101 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Fayyum'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 Faiyum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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