City report · Nineveh, Iraq
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah Air quality today
Air quality in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah currently reads AQI 71 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 71
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.9
- tree cover
- 0.3%
- trees in this area
- 942
- more trees needed
- 93.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mosul Al-Jadid / New Mosul, Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah · AQI 71 (Moderate)
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah's tree count comes to 942 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 93,305 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah today: AQI 71, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Silopi and Sulaymaniyah
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.9
PM10
8.2
NO₂
8.2
O₃
66.0
SO₂
12.2
CO
318.0
- 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 38 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 5.
Where Al Mawşil al Jadīdah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: Critically low
0.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
942
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
93,305
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,053 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Al Mawşil al Jadīdah lost?
There was very little forest around Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in 2000, about 87 hectares, and about 6 hectares of it has been lost 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2007, 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah?
- Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 4 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown36% · 2 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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- Air quality
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- Dihok60.2 km
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- Air quality
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- Sumayl62.8 km
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- 1%
- Air quality
- 34
- 'Ākra82.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 54
- Baḥarkah83.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 0%
- Air quality
- 73
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Questions about Al Mawşil al Jadīdah
What is the air quality (AQI) in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah right now?
The latest reading for Al Mawşil al Jadīdah shows an AQI of 71 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah today?
At AQI 71 (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 Mawşil al Jadīdah been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Al Mawşil al Jadīdah's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 38 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 82 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 Mawşil al Jadīdah lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in 2000, about 87 hectares, and about 6 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah?
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah has an estimated 942 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 0.3% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Al Mawşil al Jadīdah need?
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah needs roughly 93,305 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 2,053 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Al Mawşil al Jadīdah'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 Mosul Al-Jadid / New Mosul; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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