City report · Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Casablanca Air quality today
Air quality in Casablanca currently reads AQI 51 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 51
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.6
- tree cover
- 4.1%
- trees in this area
- 12.7K
- more trees needed
- 80.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around LA GIRONDE, Casablanca 20250, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Casablanca · AQI 51 (Moderate)
Casablanca's tree count comes to 12,687 trees across 12.38 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 80,147 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Casablanca today: AQI 51, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 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
10.6
PM10
18.4
NO₂
19.6
O₃
53.0
SO₂
16.4
CO
152.0
- 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 Casablanca's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 4.
Where Casablanca stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Casablanca: Critically low
4.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.38 km² of land.
Trees in this area
12,687
Target trees
92,834
More trees needed
80,147
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,763 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Casablanca lost?
There was very little forest around Casablanca in 2000, about 64 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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.
The worst year was 2017, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Casablanca?
- Towns and roadscleared for good76% · 6 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.2% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown18% · 2 ha
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
- 180 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 223 ha
- Overall change
- +43 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Casablanca grew from about 180 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 43 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 52 hectares, while 10 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 Casablanca right now?
The latest reading for Casablanca shows an AQI of 51 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 20:00 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 Casablanca today?
At AQI 51 (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 Casablanca been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Casablanca's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 35 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Casablanca lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Casablanca in 2000, about 64 hectares, and about 8 hectares of it has been lost 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 Casablanca grew from about 180 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 43 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 52 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Casablanca?
Casablanca has an estimated 12,687 trees across the 12.38 km² of land measured — 4.1% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Casablanca need?
Casablanca needs roughly 80,147 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,763 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Casablanca'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 LA GIRONDE; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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