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Bizerte Air quality today
Air quality in Bizerte currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 60
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.8
- tree cover
- 4.3%
- trees in this area
- 9.1K
- more trees needed
- 54.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bizerte, Tunisia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bizerte · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Bizerte's tree count comes to 9,064 trees across 8.43 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,176 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bizerte today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.8
PM10
31.6
NO₂
4.2
O₃
46.0
SO₂
6.1
CO
155.0
- 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 Bizerte's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 28 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 11.
Where Bizerte stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bizerte: Critically low
4.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
9,064
Target trees
63,240
More trees needed
54,176
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,192 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bizerte lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bizerte has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 303 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 58 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 191 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 190 ha | 191 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bizerte?
- Wildfirescan grow back77% · 234 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.8% · 30 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.2% · 16 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 1,180 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,170 ha
- Overall change
- −11 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bizerte stayed about the same size, at about 1,170 hectares: new forest grew on about 36 hectares, and about 47 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 Bizerte right now?
The latest reading for Bizerte shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Bizerte today?
At AQI 60 (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 Bizerte been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bizerte's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 28 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 64 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 Bizerte lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bizerte has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bizerte stayed about the same size, at about 1,170 hectares: new forest grew on about 36 hectares, and about 47 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bizerte?
Bizerte has an estimated 9,064 trees across the 8.43 km² of land measured — 4.3% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bizerte need?
Bizerte needs roughly 54,176 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,192 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bizerte'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 Bizerte; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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