City report · Balıkesir, Turkey
Bandırma Air quality today
Air quality in Bandırma currently reads AQI 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 127
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 43.5
- tree cover
- 6.6%
- trees in this area
- 15.6K
- more trees needed
- 66.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bandırma, Balıkesir, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bandırma · AQI 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Bandırma's tree count comes to 15,551 trees across 9.43 km² of land, 28 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 66,916 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bandırma today: AQI 127, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 13 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Balıkesir and Tekirdağ
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
43.5
PM10
22.7
NO₂
6.5
O₃
40.0
SO₂
5.4
CO
173.0
- 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 Bandırma's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 11.
Where Bandırma stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bandırma: Critically low
6.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
15,551
Target trees
82,467
More trees needed
66,916
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,472 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bandırma lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bandırma has lost about 72 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 20 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 72 haabout 100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 20 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 13 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bandırma?
- Loggingcan grow back61% · 44 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 8 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · 8 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, 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
- 1,510 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,620 ha
- Overall change
- +117 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bandırma grew from about 1,510 hectares to 1,620 hectares, a net gain of about 117 hectares (+7.8%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, while 19 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 Bandırma right now?
The latest reading for Bandırma shows an AQI of 127 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 125 km, 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 Bandırma today?
At AQI 127 (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 Bandırma been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bandırma's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 21 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bandırma lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bandırma has lost about 72 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 20 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bandırma grew from about 1,510 hectares to 1,620 hectares, a net gain of about 117 hectares (+7.8%). New forest grew on about 136 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bandırma?
Bandırma has an estimated 15,551 trees across the 9.43 km² of land measured — 6.6% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bandırma need?
Bandırma needs roughly 66,916 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,472 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bandırma'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 Bandırma; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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