City report · Amhara, Ethiopia
Bahir Dar Air quality today
Air quality in Bahir Dar currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.7
- tree cover
- 32.5%
- trees in this area
- 84.5K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bahir Dar · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Bahir Dar's tree count comes to 84,540 trees across 10.41 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bahir Dar today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.7
PM10
12.5
NO₂
4.7
O₃
50.0
SO₂
0.9
CO
506.0
- 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 Bahir Dar's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 9.
Where Bahir Dar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bahir Dar: Healthy tree cover
32.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.41 km² of land.
Trees in this area
84,540
Target trees
84,540
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bahir Dar lost?
There was almost no forest around Bahir Dar 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 February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,490 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,790 ha
- Overall change
- +299 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bahir Dar grew from about 2,490 hectares to 2,790 hectares, a net gain of about 299 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, while 34 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 Bahir Dar right now?
The latest reading for Bahir Dar shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Bahir Dar today?
At AQI 52 (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 Bahir Dar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bahir Dar's daily AQI at 59 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 87 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 Bahir Dar lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Bahir Dar 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bahir Dar grew from about 2,490 hectares to 2,790 hectares, a net gain of about 299 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, while 34 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bahir Dar?
Bahir Dar has an estimated 84,540 trees across the 10.41 km² of land measured — 32.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bahir Dar need?
Bahir Dar has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Bahir Dar'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 Bahir Dar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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