City report · Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
Al Hoceïma Air quality today
Air quality in Al Hoceïma currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.3
- tree cover
- 2.2%
- trees in this area
- 4.3K
- more trees needed
- 54.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Hoceima, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Hoceïma · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Al Hoceïma's tree count comes to 4,278 trees across 7.78 km² of land, 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,061 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Hoceïma today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Nador and Gibraltar
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.3
PM10
8.2
NO₂
1.8
O₃
47.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
124.0
- 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 Al Hoceïma's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 8.
Where Al Hoceïma stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Hoceïma: Critically low
2.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.78 km² of land.
Trees in this area
4,278
Target trees
58,339
More trees needed
54,061
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,189 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Hoceïma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Hoceïma has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 32 haabout 45 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 29 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 9 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Al Hoceïma?
- Towns and roadscleared for good90% · 29 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5% · 2 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good2.5% · 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
- 553 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 573 ha
- Overall change
- +20 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Hoceïma grew from about 553 hectares to 573 hectares, a net gain of about 20 hectares (+3.6%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, while 43 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Al Hoceïma right now?
The latest reading for Al Hoceïma shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 225 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 Al Hoceïma today?
At AQI 52 (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 Hoceïma been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Hoceïma's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 24 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Al Hoceïma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Hoceïma has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Hoceïma grew from about 553 hectares to 573 hectares, a net gain of about 20 hectares (+3.6%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, while 43 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Al Hoceïma?
Al Hoceïma has an estimated 4,278 trees across the 7.78 km² of land measured — 2.2% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Hoceïma need?
Al Hoceïma needs roughly 54,061 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,189 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Hoceïma'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 Al Hoceima; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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