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An Nuhūd Air quality today

Air quality in An Nuhūd currently reads AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Air quality right now

AQI 106

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
34.8
tree cover
5.1%
trees in this area
16.0K
more trees needed
93.9K

Measured across a 2 km radius around En Nahud, Sudan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

An Nuhūd · AQI 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

An Nuhūd's tree count comes to 16,022 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 93,934 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in An Nuhūd today: AQI 106, Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

34.8

PM10

179.3

NO₂

0.2

O₃

86.0

SO₂

1.6

CO

119.0

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 An Nuhūd's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 84 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 106 · peak 140
Nov 5: AQI 84 (peak 106)Nov 6: AQI 91 (peak 134)Nov 7: AQI 124 (peak 140)Nov 8: AQI 130 (peak 140)Nov 9: AQI 106 (peak 138)Nov 10: AQI 97 (peak 112)Nov 11: AQI 109 (peak 113)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where An Nuhūd stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in An Nuhūd: Critically low

5.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

30 points below target

Trees in this area

16,022

Target trees

109,956

More trees needed

93,934

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,067 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has An Nuhūd lost?

There was almost no forest around An Nuhūd in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around An Nuhūd, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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 An Nuhūd right now?

The latest reading for An Nuhūd shows an AQI of 106 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in An Nuhūd today?

At AQI 106 (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 An Nuhūd been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put An Nuhūd's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 84 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 7. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around An Nuhūd lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around An Nuhūd in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 An Nuhūd?

An Nuhūd has an estimated 16,022 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.1% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does An Nuhūd need?

An Nuhūd needs roughly 93,934 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,067 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are An Nuhūd'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 En Nahud; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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