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Çorum Air quality today
Air quality in Çorum currently reads AQI 93 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 93
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.6
- tree cover
- 4.0%
- trees in this area
- 12.6K
- more trees needed
- 81.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Çorum, Çorum Merkez/Çorum, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Çorum · AQI 93 (Moderate)
Çorum's tree count comes to 12,554 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,600 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Çorum today: AQI 93, 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 · Mimar Sinan, Turkey, 2.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.6
PM10
47.5
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 Çorum's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 9.
Where Çorum stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Çorum: Critically low
4.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
12,554
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
81,600
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,795 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Çorum lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Çorum has lost about 5 hectares of forest (about 7 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5 haabout 7 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 1 hectare 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 | 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Çorum?
- Towns and roadscleared for good38% · 2 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good26% · 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back10% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 886 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 946 ha
- Overall change
- +60 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Çorum grew from about 886 hectares to 946 hectares, a net gain of about 60 hectares (+6.8%). New forest grew on about 77 hectares, while 17 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 Çorum right now?
The latest reading for Çorum shows an AQI of 93 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Mimar Sinan, 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 Çorum today?
At AQI 93 (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 Çorum been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Çorum's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 31 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Çorum lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Çorum has lost about 5 hectares of forest (about 7 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (68%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Çorum grew from about 886 hectares to 946 hectares, a net gain of about 60 hectares (+6.8%). New forest grew on about 77 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Çorum?
Çorum has an estimated 12,554 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 4.0% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Çorum need?
Çorum needs roughly 81,600 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,795 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Çorum's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Çorum, 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 Çorum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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