City report · Qalyubia, Egypt
Banhā Air quality today
Air quality in Banhā currently reads AQI 71 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 71
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.2
- tree cover
- 8.8%
- trees in this area
- 26.2K
- more trees needed
- 63.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Banha, Qism Banha, Banha, Al-Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Banhā · AQI 71 (Moderate)
Banhā's tree count comes to 26,181 trees across 11.9 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,072 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Banhā today: AQI 71, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Obour and New Cairo 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.2
PM10
7.1
NO₂
2.8
O₃
96.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
134.0
- 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 Banhā's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 5.
Where Banhā stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Banhā: Critically low
8.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.9 km² of land.
Trees in this area
26,181
Target trees
89,253
More trees needed
63,072
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,388 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Banhā lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Banhā has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 4 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Banhā?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good62% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good27% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown12% · under 1 ha
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
- 143 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 67 ha
- Overall change
- −76 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Banhā shrank from about 143 hectares to 67 hectares, a net loss of about 76 hectares (−53%). New forest grew on about 3 hectares, but 79 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 Banhā right now?
The latest reading for Banhā shows an AQI of 71 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 65 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 Banhā today?
At AQI 71 (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 Banhā been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Banhā's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 92 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Banhā lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Banhā has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Banhā shrank from about 143 hectares to 67 hectares, a net loss of about 76 hectares (−53%). New forest grew on about 3 hectares, but 79 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Banhā?
Banhā has an estimated 26,181 trees across the 11.9 km² of land measured — 8.8% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Banhā need?
Banhā needs roughly 63,072 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,388 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Banhā'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 Banha; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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