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Aleppo Air quality today
Air quality in Aleppo currently reads AQI 62 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 62
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.3
- tree cover
- 1.9%
- trees in this area
- 6.0K
- more trees needed
- 88.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Farafirah, Aleppo, Syria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Aleppo · AQI 62 (Moderate)
Aleppo's tree count comes to 5,969 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,279 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Aleppo today: AQI 62, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Kilis and Antakya
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.3
PM10
13.0
NO₂
3.4
O₃
78.0
SO₂
34.2
CO
152.0
- 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 Aleppo's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 8.
Where Aleppo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Aleppo: Critically low
1.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
5,969
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
88,279
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,942 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Aleppo lost?
There was very little forest around Aleppo in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 2 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| 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 | 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 |
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
In the same region
Measured cities near Aleppo
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kilis57.4 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 70
- Antakya90.1 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 175
- Gaziantep97.4 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 70
- İskenderun98.3 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 123
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Frequently asked
Questions about Aleppo
What is the air quality (AQI) in Aleppo right now?
The latest reading for Aleppo shows an AQI of 62 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 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 Aleppo today?
At AQI 62 (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 Aleppo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Aleppo's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 31 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Aleppo lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Aleppo in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 2 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 Aleppo?
Aleppo has an estimated 5,969 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.9% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Aleppo need?
Aleppo needs roughly 88,279 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,942 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Aleppo'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 Farafirah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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