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Damietta Air quality today
Air quality in Damietta currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.9
- tree cover
- 10.4%
- trees in this area
- 30.8K
- more trees needed
- 58.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Damietta, Qism Damietta, Damietta Desert, Damietta Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Damietta · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Damietta's tree count comes to 30,810 trees across 11.85 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 58,065 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Damietta today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. 10th of Ramadan City 1 and Obour
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.9
PM10
6.4
NO₂
3.5
O₃
90.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
136.0
- 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 Damietta's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 4.
Where Damietta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Damietta: Critically low
10.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.85 km² of land.
Trees in this area
30,810
Target trees
88,875
More trees needed
58,065
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,277 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Damietta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Damietta has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 104 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 73 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 11 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Damietta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good51% · 53 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 20 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back18% · 19 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
- 122 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18 ha
- Overall change
- −104 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Damietta shrank from about 122 hectares to 18 hectares, a net loss of about 104 hectares (−85%). New forest grew on about under 1 hectare, but 103 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 Damietta right now?
The latest reading for Damietta shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, 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 Damietta today?
At AQI 58 (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 Damietta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Damietta's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 19 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Damietta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Damietta has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 2.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Damietta shrank from about 122 hectares to 18 hectares, a net loss of about 104 hectares (−85%). New forest grew on about under 1 hectare, but 103 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Damietta?
Damietta has an estimated 30,810 trees across the 11.85 km² of land measured — 10.4% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Damietta need?
Damietta needs roughly 58,065 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,277 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Damietta'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 Damietta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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