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Berkane Air quality today
Air quality in Berkane currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 52
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.5
- tree cover
- 3.5%
- trees in this area
- 11.0K
- more trees needed
- 83.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Quartier Laayoune, Berkane, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Berkane · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Berkane's tree count comes to 10,996 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,252 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Berkane today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Nador and Almería
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.5
PM10
8.0
NO₂
3.3
O₃
52.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
133.0
- 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 Berkane's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 8.
Where Berkane stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Berkane: Critically low
3.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
10,996
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
83,252
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,832 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Berkane lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Berkane has lost about 145 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 3.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 145 haabout 200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 131 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 41 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 | 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 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2024 | 41 ha | under 1 ha | 41 ha |
| 2025 | 23 ha | 8 ha | 31 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Berkane?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 131 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back1.6% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown8.1% · 12 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
- 5,120 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,080 ha
- Overall change
- −37 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Berkane stayed about the same size, at about 5,080 hectares: new forest grew on about 157 hectares, and about 194 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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Measured cities near Berkane
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Oujda46.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 2%
- Air quality
- 67
- Nador62.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 1%
- Air quality
- 74
- Taourirt77.7 km
Morocco
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 26
- Tlemcen91.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 62
- Al Hoceïma151.7 km
Morocco
- Tree cover
- 2%
- Air quality
- 54
- Sidi Bel Abbes156.6 km
Algeria
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 59
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Berkane right now?
The latest reading for Berkane shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 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 Berkane 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 Berkane been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Berkane's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Berkane lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Berkane has lost about 145 hectares of forest (about 200 football pitches): 3.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (90%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Berkane stayed about the same size, at about 5,080 hectares: new forest grew on about 157 hectares, and about 194 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Berkane?
Berkane has an estimated 10,996 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.5% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Berkane need?
Berkane needs roughly 83,252 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,832 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Berkane'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 Quartier Laayoune; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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