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Amasya Air quality today
Air quality in Amasya currently reads AQI 123 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 123
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.6
- tree cover
- 37.8%
- trees in this area
- 119K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Amasya, Amasya District/Amasya, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Amasya · AQI 123 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Amasya's tree count comes to 118,752 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Amasya today: AQI 123, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Sehzade, Turkey, 600 m away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
12.6
PM10
199.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Amasya's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 61 on Nov 4.
Where Amasya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Amasya: Healthy tree cover
37.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
118,752
Target trees
118,752
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Amasya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Amasya has lost about 23 hectares of forest (about 32 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) 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
- 23 haabout 32 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 15 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 5 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Amasya?
- Towns and roadscleared for good42% · 10 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good18% · 4 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 4 ha
Also: mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 5,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,130 ha
- Overall change
- +489 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amasya grew from about 5,640 hectares to 6,130 hectares, a net gain of about 489 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 568 hectares, while 79 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Amasya right now?
The latest reading for Amasya shows an AQI of 123 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Sehzade, Turkey ground monitoring station, 600 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM10. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Amasya today?
At AQI 123 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Amasya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Amasya's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 61 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 Amasya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Amasya has lost about 23 hectares of forest (about 32 football pitches): 1.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Amasya grew from about 5,640 hectares to 6,130 hectares, a net gain of about 489 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 568 hectares, while 79 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Amasya?
Amasya has an estimated 118,752 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 37.8% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Amasya need?
Amasya has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Amasya's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Amasya, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Amasya; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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