City report · Dakahlia, Egypt

Bilqās Air quality today

Air quality in Bilqās currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 59

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5

PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³): 12.4
tree cover: 20.2%
trees in this area: 63.5K
more trees needed: 30.8K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Belqas, Belkas City, Belqas, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Bilqās · AQI 59 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 17, 2026

Bilqās's tree count comes to 63,460 trees across 12.57 km², 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,788 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Bilqās today: AQI 59, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. 10th of Ramadan City 1 and Obour

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

12.4

PM10

5.5

NO₂

1.0

O₃

87.0

SO₂

1.2

130.0

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 Bilqās's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 4.

Last 7 daysavg 40 · peak 80

Nov 4Nov 10

Where Bilqās stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Bilqās: Below target

20.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

10 points below target

Trees in this area

63,460

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

30,788

CO₂ if planted / yr

677.3 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Bilqās lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bilqās has lost about 35 hectares of forest (about 48 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (30%). About 14 hectares (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Satellite image of the area around Bilqās, September 2017

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2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001: 35 haabout 48 football pitches
Share of its forest: under 1%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good: 14 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2012, when about 7 hectares of forest were lost.

Hectares of forest lost each year

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Forest lost each year around Bilqās, 2001–2025
Year	Cleared for good	Can grow back	Total
2001	2 ha	3 ha	6 ha
2002	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2003	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	1 ha
2004	2 ha	3 ha	5 ha
2005	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2006	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	1 ha
2007	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2008	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	1 ha
2009	under 1 ha	under 1 ha	under 1 ha
2010	1 ha	2 ha	3 ha
2011	under 1 ha	1 ha	2 ha
2012	3 ha	5 ha	7 ha
2013	under 1 ha	1 ha	2 ha
2014	1 ha	under 1 ha	2 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 Bilqās?

Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 11 ha
Towns and roadscleared for good9.5% · 3 ha
Unknown causescause unknown61% · 21 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Bilqās right now?

The latest reading for Bilqās shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 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 Bilqās today?

At AQI 59 (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 Bilqās been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bilqās's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 80 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Bilqās lost since 2001?

What is the tree count in Bilqās?

Bilqās has an estimated 63,460 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.2% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Bilqās need?

Bilqās needs roughly 30,788 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 677.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Bilqās'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 Belqas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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