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City report · West Azerbaijan, Iran

Būkān Air quality today

Air quality in Būkān currently reads AQI 48 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 48

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
6.8
tree cover
6.2%
trees in this area
19.5K
more trees needed
74.8K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Būkān's tree count comes to 19,478 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,770 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Būkān today: AQI 48, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:30 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

6.8

PM10

11.0

NO₂

6.6

O₃

87.0

SO₂

4.2

CO

298.0

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 Būkān's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 42 · peak 67
Nov 5: AQI 46 (peak 67)Nov 6: AQI 42 (peak 59)Nov 7: AQI 39 (peak 58)Nov 8: AQI 27 (peak 53)Nov 9: AQI 26 (peak 53)Nov 10: AQI 52 (peak 64)Nov 11: AQI 59 (peak 64)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Būkān: Critically low

6.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

24 points below target

Trees in this area

19,478

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

74,770

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,645 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Būkān lost?

There was almost no forest around Būkān in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Būkān, September 2017

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

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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

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  • 96.9 km
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Questions about Būkān

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

The latest reading for Būkān shows an AQI of 48 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:30 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 Būkān 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 Būkān been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Būkān's daily AQI at 42 on average, from 26 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 67 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 Būkān lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Būkān in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Būkān?

Būkān has an estimated 19,478 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.2% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Būkān need?

Būkān needs roughly 74,770 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,645 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Būkān'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 Bukan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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