City report · Amhara, Ethiopia
Debre Birhan Air quality today
Air quality in Debre Birhan currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 25
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.3
- tree cover
- 10.0%
- trees in this area
- 31.4K
- more trees needed
- 62.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Debre Birhan, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Debre Birhan · AQI 25 (Good)
Debre Birhan's tree count comes to 31,416 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,832 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Debre Birhan today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.3
PM10
8.1
NO₂
0.1
O₃
68.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
159.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Debre Birhan's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 9.
Where Debre Birhan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Debre Birhan: Critically low
10.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
31,416
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
62,832
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,382 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Debre Birhan lost?
There was almost no forest around Debre Birhan 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,320 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,520 ha
- Overall change
- +201 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Debre Birhan grew from about 2,320 hectares to 2,520 hectares, a net gain of about 201 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 217 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 Debre Birhan right now?
The latest reading for Debre Birhan shows an AQI of 25 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Debre Birhan today?
At AQI 25 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Debre Birhan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Debre Birhan's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Debre Birhan lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Debre Birhan 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 Debre Birhan grew from about 2,320 hectares to 2,520 hectares, a net gain of about 201 hectares (+8.7%). New forest grew on about 217 hectares, while 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Debre Birhan?
Debre Birhan has an estimated 31,416 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.0% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Debre Birhan need?
Debre Birhan needs roughly 62,832 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,382 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Debre Birhan'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 Debre Birhan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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