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Alexandria Air quality today
Air quality in Alexandria currently reads AQI 87 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 87
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 26.5
- tree cover
- 3.9%
- trees in this area
- 9.7K
- more trees needed
- 64.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kom Ad Dikah, Kom Ad Dakah Sharq, Al Attarin, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Alexandria · AQI 87 (Moderate)
Alexandria's tree count comes to 9,655 trees across 9.91 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,613 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Alexandria today: AQI 87, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Obour and New Cairo 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
26.5
PM10
11.4
NO₂
18.8
O₃
69.0
SO₂
53.8
CO
158.0
- 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 Alexandria's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 33 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10.
Where Alexandria stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Alexandria: Critically low
3.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.91 km² of land.
Trees in this area
9,655
Target trees
74,268
More trees needed
64,613
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,421 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Alexandria lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Alexandria has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 27 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 19 haabout 27 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 11 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 3 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 | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 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 Alexandria?
- Towns and roadscleared for good37% · 7 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back27% · 5 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good18% · 3 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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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- Rosetta52.5 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Disūq70.1 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Alexandria right now?
The latest reading for Alexandria shows an AQI of 87 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 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 Alexandria today?
At AQI 87 (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 Alexandria been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Alexandria's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 33 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Alexandria lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Alexandria has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 27 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Alexandria?
Alexandria has an estimated 9,655 trees across the 9.91 km² of land measured — 3.9% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Alexandria need?
Alexandria needs roughly 64,613 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,421 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Alexandria'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 Kom Ad Dikah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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