City report · Dakahlia, Egypt
Al Mansurah Air quality today
Air quality in Al Mansurah 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)
- 21.4
- tree cover
- 0.9%
- trees in this area
- 2.7K
- more trees needed
- 88.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around West Al Mansoura, El Mansoura 1, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Mansurah · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Al Mansurah's tree count comes to 2,740 trees across 12.18 km² of land, 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,586 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Mansurah today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. 10th of Ramadan City 1 and Obour
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
21.4
PM10
9.4
NO₂
19.2
O₃
63.0
SO₂
4.5
CO
183.0
- 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 Mansurah's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 90 on Nov 4.
Where Al Mansurah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Mansurah: Critically low
0.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.18 km² of land.
Trees in this area
2,740
Target trees
91,326
More trees needed
88,586
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,949 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Mansurah lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Mansurah has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 27 haabout 38 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 16 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 7 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 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 Mansurah?
- Towns and roadscleared for good45% · 12 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good13% · 3 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown41% · 11 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Al Mansurah right now?
The latest reading for Al Mansurah shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 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 Mansurah 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 Al Mansurah been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Mansurah's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 31 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 90 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 Al Mansurah lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Mansurah has lost about 27 hectares of forest (about 38 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Al Mansurah?
Al Mansurah has an estimated 2,740 trees across the 12.18 km² of land measured — 0.9% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Mansurah need?
Al Mansurah needs roughly 88,586 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,949 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Mansurah'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 West Al Mansoura; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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