City report · Bursa Province, Turkey
Bursa Air quality today
Air quality in Bursa currently reads AQI 92 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 92
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.1
- tree cover
- 12.6%
- trees in this area
- 39.6K
- more trees needed
- 54.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bursa, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bursa · AQI 92 (Moderate)
Bursa's tree count comes to 39,584 trees across 12.57 km², 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,664 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bursa today: AQI 92, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bursa Beyazit Cad., Turkey, 2.1 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.1
PM10
49.7
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- 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 Bursa's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 98 on Nov 9.
Where Bursa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bursa: Critically low
12.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
39,584
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
54,664
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,203 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bursa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bursa has lost about 376 hectares of forest (about 530 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 376 haabout 530 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 241 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 48 hectares of forest were lost.
Bursa's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2002 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 15 ha | 16 ha | 30 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | 4 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2018 | 21 ha | 10 ha | 32 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | 6 ha | 25 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 15 ha | 27 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2023 | 33 ha | 15 ha | 48 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | 23 ha | 37 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bursa?
- Towns and roadscleared for good52% · 196 ha
- Loggingcan grow back34% · 128 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.4% · 28 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 11,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,400 ha
- Overall change
- −95 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bursa stayed about the same size, at about 11,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 100 hectares, and about 195 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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Questions about Bursa
What is the air quality (AQI) in Bursa right now?
The latest reading for Bursa shows an AQI of 92 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bursa Beyazit Cad., Turkey, 2.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bursa today?
At AQI 92 (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 Bursa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bursa's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 42 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 98 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bursa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bursa has lost about 376 hectares of forest (about 530 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bursa stayed about the same size, at about 11,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 100 hectares, and about 195 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bursa?
Bursa has an estimated 39,584 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.6% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bursa need?
Bursa needs roughly 54,664 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,203 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bursa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bursa, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Bursa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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