City report · Algeria
Béjaïa Air quality today
Air quality in Béjaïa currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 48
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.4
- tree cover
- 47.2%
- trees in this area
- 104K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bejaia, Béjaïa, Algeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Béjaïa · AQI 48 (Good)
Béjaïa's tree count comes to 103,798 trees across 8.8 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Béjaïa today: AQI 48, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.4
PM10
20.7
NO₂
11.0
O₃
47.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
133.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Béjaïa's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 10.
Where Béjaïa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Béjaïa: Healthy tree cover
47.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.8 km² of land.
Trees in this area
103,798
Target trees
103,798
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Béjaïa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Béjaïa has lost about 1,090 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 506 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,090 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 506 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 49 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 88 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 138 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | 16 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | 19 ha | 48 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 14 ha | 20 ha |
| 2008 | 16 ha | 15 ha | 31 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 9 ha | 15 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | 11 ha | 28 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | 8 ha | 20 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 65 ha | 8 ha | 74 ha |
| 2015 | 76 ha | 16 ha | 92 ha |
| 2016 | 36 ha | 102 ha | 138 ha |
| 2017 | 55 ha | 68 ha | 123 ha |
| 2018 | 44 ha | 12 ha | 56 ha |
| 2019 | 23 ha | 35 ha | 58 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 43 ha | 67 ha |
| 2021 | 28 ha | 68 ha | 96 ha |
| 2022 | 11 ha | 38 ha | 49 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 70 ha | 76 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 12 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Béjaïa?
- Wildfirescan grow back53% · 580 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good26% · 284 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good14% · 147 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 6,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,870 ha
- Overall change
- −581 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Béjaïa shrank from about 6,460 hectares to 5,870 hectares, a net loss of about 581 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 169 hectares, but 750 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 Béjaïa right now?
The latest reading for Béjaïa shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Béjaïa today?
At AQI 48 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Béjaïa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Béjaïa's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 24 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Béjaïa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Béjaïa has lost about 1,090 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 506 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 49 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 88 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Béjaïa shrank from about 6,460 hectares to 5,870 hectares, a net loss of about 581 hectares (−9%). New forest grew on about 169 hectares, but 750 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Béjaïa?
Béjaïa has an estimated 103,798 trees across the 8.8 km² of land measured — 47.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Béjaïa need?
Béjaïa has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Béjaïa'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 Bejaia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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