City report · Hatay, Turkey
Antakya Air quality today
Air quality in Antakya currently reads AQI 175 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 175
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 90.4
- tree cover
- 10.2%
- trees in this area
- 32.0K
- more trees needed
- 93.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Antakya, Küçükdalyan, Antakya/Hatay, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Antakya · AQI 175 (Unhealthy)
Antakya's tree count comes to 32,044 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 93,619 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Antakya today: AQI 175, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Seyyar 1, Turkey, 20.7 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
90.4
PM10
95.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Antakya's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 39 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 9.
Where Antakya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Antakya: Critically low
10.2% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
32,044
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
93,619
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,060 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Antakya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Antakya has lost about 420 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 93 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 420 haabout 590 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 93 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 119 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 118 ha | 119 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 38 ha | 40 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 23 ha | 29 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 35 ha | 41 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 41 ha | 44 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2024 | 12 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | 24 ha | 10 ha | 34 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Antakya?
- Wildfirescan grow back74% · 313 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 44 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.2% · 26 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, logging, 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
- 3,890 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,840 ha
- Overall change
- −50 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Antakya stayed about the same size, at about 3,840 hectares: new forest grew on about 161 hectares, and about 211 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 Antakya right now?
The latest reading for Antakya shows an AQI of 175 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Seyyar 1, Turkey ground monitoring station, 20.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Antakya today?
At AQI 175 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Antakya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Antakya's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 39 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Antakya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Antakya has lost about 420 hectares of forest (about 590 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 93 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Antakya stayed about the same size, at about 3,840 hectares: new forest grew on about 161 hectares, and about 211 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Antakya?
Antakya has an estimated 32,044 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.2% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Antakya need?
Antakya needs roughly 93,619 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,060 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Antakya's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Antakya, 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 Antakya; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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