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Ar Raqqah Air quality today
Air quality in Ar Raqqah currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 54
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.2
- tree cover
- 0.7%
- trees in this area
- 2.2K
- more trees needed
- 92.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Amin, Ar Raqqah, Syria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ar Raqqah · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Ar Raqqah's tree count comes to 2,199 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 92,049 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ar Raqqah today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Kilis and Gaziantep
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.2
PM10
4.8
NO₂
4.5
O₃
42.0
SO₂
3.4
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 Ar Raqqah's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 6.
Where Ar Raqqah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ar Raqqah: Critically low
0.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
2,199
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
92,049
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,025 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ar Raqqah lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ar Raqqah has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 6 football pitches): 4.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to farms, pasture and plantations. About 2 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4 haabout 6 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 |
What is causing deforestation around Ar Raqqah?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good50% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown48% · 2 ha
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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Ar Raqqah right now?
The latest reading for Ar Raqqah shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Ar Raqqah today?
At AQI 54 (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 Ar Raqqah been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ar Raqqah's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ar Raqqah lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ar Raqqah has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 6 football pitches): 4.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to farms, pasture and plantations. About 2 hectares (48%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Ar Raqqah?
Ar Raqqah has an estimated 2,199 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 0.7% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ar Raqqah need?
Ar Raqqah needs roughly 92,049 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 2,025 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ar Raqqah'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 Amin; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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