City report · Amhara, Ethiopia
Debre Mark’os Air quality today
Air quality in Debre Mark’os currently reads AQI 25 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 25
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.3
- tree cover
- 28.2%
- trees in this area
- 88.6K
- more trees needed
- 5.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Debre Markos, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Debre Mark’os · AQI 25 (Good)
Debre Mark’os's tree count comes to 88,593 trees across 12.57 km², 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 5,655 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Debre Mark’os today: AQI 25, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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
5.0
NO₂
0.3
O₃
74.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
229.0
- 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 Mark’os's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 8.
Where Debre Mark’os stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Debre Mark’os: Below target
28.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
88,593
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
5,655
CO₂ if planted / yr
124.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Debre Mark’os lost?
There was very little forest around Debre Mark’os in 2000, about 53 hectares, and about 36 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2017, when about 6 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 Debre Mark’os?
- Loggingcan grow back92% · 33 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.9% · 3 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
- 3,840 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,900 ha
- Overall change
- +62 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Debre Mark’os stayed about the same size, at about 3,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 314 hectares, and about 251 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 Mark’os right now?
The latest reading for Debre Mark’os shows an AQI of 25 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Mark’os 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 Mark’os been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Debre Mark’os's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 25 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Debre Mark’os lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Debre Mark’os in 2000, about 53 hectares, and about 36 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 Debre Mark’os stayed about the same size, at about 3,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 314 hectares, and about 251 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Debre Mark’os?
Debre Mark’os has an estimated 88,593 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 28.2% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Debre Mark’os need?
Debre Mark’os needs roughly 5,655 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 124.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Debre Mark’os'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 Markos; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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