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Al Manzalah Air quality today
Air quality in Al Manzalah currently reads AQI 64 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 64
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.3
- tree cover
- 30.2%
- trees in this area
- 91.8K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Manzalah, Ad Daqahliyah, 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 Manzalah · AQI 64 (Moderate)
Al Manzalah's tree count comes to 91,840 trees across 12.17 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Manzalah today: AQI 64, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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. 10th of Ramadan City 1 and Obour
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.3
PM10
9.2
NO₂
8.2
O₃
62.0
SO₂
2.3
CO
138.0
- 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 Manzalah's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5.
Where Al Manzalah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Manzalah: Healthy tree cover
30.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.17 km² of land.
Trees in this area
91,840
Target trees
91,840
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Manzalah lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Manzalah has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (15%). About 2 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7 haabout 10 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 2 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | 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 | under 1 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 | 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 Manzalah?
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown73% · 5 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 Manzalah right now?
The latest reading for Al Manzalah shows an AQI of 64 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Al Manzalah today?
At AQI 64 (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 Manzalah been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Manzalah's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Al Manzalah lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Al Manzalah has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (15%). About 2 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Al Manzalah?
Al Manzalah has an estimated 91,840 trees across the 12.17 km² of land measured — 30.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Manzalah need?
Al Manzalah has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Al Manzalah'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 Manzalah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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