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Çanakkale Air quality today
Air quality in Çanakkale currently reads AQI 89 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 89
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 29.7
- tree cover
- 9.9%
- trees in this area
- 23.1K
- more trees needed
- 47.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Çanakkale, Çanakkale Merkez/Çanakkale, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Çanakkale · AQI 89 (Moderate)
Çanakkale's tree count comes to 23,140 trees across 9.35 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,981 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Çanakkale today: AQI 89, 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 · Canakkale, Turkey, 2.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
29.7
PM10
27.0
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 Çanakkale's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 25 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10.
Where Çanakkale stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Çanakkale: Critically low
9.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.35 km² of land.
Trees in this area
23,140
Target trees
70,121
More trees needed
46,981
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,034 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Çanakkale lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Çanakkale has lost about 1,300 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 205 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,300 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 205 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 202 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 648 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 43 ha | 46 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 39 ha | 43 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 43 ha | 46 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 28 ha | 33 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 23 ha | 25 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | 636 ha | 648 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 81 ha | 83 ha |
| 2025 | 159 ha | 83 ha | 242 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Çanakkale?
- Wildfirescan grow back75% · 968 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 193 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9.2% · 119 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 6,890 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,990 ha
- Overall change
- +107 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Çanakkale stayed about the same size, at about 6,990 hectares: new forest grew on about 296 hectares, and about 188 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Çanakkale
What is the air quality (AQI) in Çanakkale right now?
The latest reading for Çanakkale shows an AQI of 89 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Canakkale, Turkey ground monitoring station, 2.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Çanakkale today?
At AQI 89 (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 Çanakkale been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Çanakkale's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 25 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 60 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Çanakkale lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Çanakkale has lost about 1,300 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 205 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 202 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 18 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Çanakkale stayed about the same size, at about 6,990 hectares: new forest grew on about 296 hectares, and about 188 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Çanakkale?
Çanakkale has an estimated 23,140 trees across the 9.35 km² of land measured — 9.9% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Çanakkale need?
Çanakkale needs roughly 46,981 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,034 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Çanakkale's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Çanakkale, 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 Çanakkale; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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