City report · Beni Suweif, Egypt
Būsh Air quality today
Air quality in Būsh currently reads AQI 244 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
AQI 244
Air quality right now
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 171.4
- tree cover
- 21.5%
- trees in this area
- 67.5K
- more trees needed
- 73.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nasser, Nasir City, Nasser, Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Būsh · AQI 244 (Very unhealthy)
Būsh's tree count comes to 67,544 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,827 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Būsh today: AQI 244, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 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. New Cairo 1 and Obour
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
171.4
PM10
776.7
NO₂
6.8
O₃
102.0
SO₂
6.7
CO
156.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Būsh's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 74 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 9.
Where Būsh stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Būsh: Critically low
21.5% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
67,544
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
73,827
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,624 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Būsh lost?
There was almost no forest around Būsh 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.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 102 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 116 ha
- Overall change
- +14 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Būsh grew from about 102 hectares to 116 hectares, a net gain of about 14 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 15 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Būsh right now?
The latest reading for Būsh shows an AQI of 244 (Very unhealthy), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Būsh today?
At AQI 244 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Būsh been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Būsh's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 74 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 9. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Būsh lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Būsh 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Būsh grew from about 102 hectares to 116 hectares, a net gain of about 14 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 15 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Būsh?
Būsh has an estimated 67,544 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 21.5% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Būsh need?
Būsh needs roughly 73,827 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,624 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Būsh'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 Nasser; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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