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Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin Air quality today
Air quality in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin 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)
- 28.9
- tree cover
- 0.7%
- trees in this area
- 1.7K
- more trees needed
- 72.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sumaysimah, Qatar (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin · AQI 87 (Moderate)
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin's tree count comes to 1,733 trees across 9.91 km² of land, 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 72,534 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin today: AQI 87, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Hamad Town and Manama
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
28.9
PM10
51.1
NO₂
7.4
O₃
101.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
150.0
- 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 Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 4.
Where Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin: Critically low
0.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.91 km² of land.
Trees in this area
1,733
Target trees
74,267
More trees needed
72,534
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,596 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin lost?
There was almost no forest around Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin 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.
2017: satellite photo from September 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Ar Rayyān32.3 km
Qatar
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 75
- Umm Ghuwaylīnah34.1 km
Qatar
- Tree cover
- 2%
- Air quality
- 75
- Madīnat Ḩamad114.5 km
Bahrain
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 100
- Manama115.3 km
Bahrain
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 100
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Questions about Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin
What is the air quality (AQI) in Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin right now?
The latest reading for Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin shows an AQI of 87 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 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 Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin 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 Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 4. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin 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 Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin?
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin has an estimated 1,733 trees across the 9.91 km² of land measured — 0.7% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin need?
Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin needs roughly 72,534 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,596 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin'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 Sumaysimah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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