City report · Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Al Hufūf Air quality today
Air quality in Al Hufūf currently reads AQI 161 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 161
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 77.8
- tree cover
- 4.0%
- trees in this area
- 12.6K
- more trees needed
- 113K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Althulaythiyah, Al Omairiyah, Al Hofuf 36362, Saudi Arabia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Hufūf · AQI 161 (Unhealthy)
Al Hufūf's tree count comes to 12,566 trees across 12.57 km², 36 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 113,097 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Hufūf today: AQI 161, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Al Khobar and Hamad Town
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
77.8
PM10
142.0
NO₂
9.9
O₃
66.0
SO₂
22.6
CO
158.0
- 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 Hufūf's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 70 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 9.
Where Al Hufūf stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Hufūf: Critically low
4.0% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,566
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
113,097
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,488 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Hufūf lost?
There was almost no forest around Al Hufūf 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 November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 658 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 834 ha
- Overall change
- +176 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Al Hufūf grew from about 658 hectares to 834 hectares, a net gain of about 176 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 176 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Al Hufūf
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Khobar119.2 km
Saudi Arabia
- Tree cover
- 2%
- Air quality
- 87
- Madīnat Ḩamad124.3 km
Bahrain
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 100
- Dammam129.6 km
Saudi Arabia
- Tree cover
- 1%
- Air quality
- 77
- Manama138.6 km
Bahrain
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 100
- Al Jubayl183.8 km
Saudi Arabia
- Tree cover
- 1%
- Air quality
- 142
- Ar Rayyān184.8 km
Qatar
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 75
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Al Hufūf right now?
The latest reading for Al Hufūf shows an AQI of 161 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 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 Hufūf today?
At AQI 161 (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 Hufūf been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Hufūf's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 70 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 9. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Al Hufūf lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Al Hufūf 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 Hufūf grew from about 658 hectares to 834 hectares, a net gain of about 176 hectares (+27%). New forest grew on about 176 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Al Hufūf?
Al Hufūf has an estimated 12,566 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.0% tree cover, 36 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Hufūf need?
Al Hufūf needs roughly 113,097 more trees to close a 36-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,488 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Hufūf'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 Althulaythiyah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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