City report · Amhara, Ethiopia
Debre Tabor Air quality today
Air quality in Debre Tabor currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.8
- tree cover
- 38.8%
- trees in this area
- 122K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Debre Tabor, Ethiopia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Debre Tabor · AQI 38 (Good)
Debre Tabor's tree count comes to 121,894 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Debre Tabor today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 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
6.8
PM10
9.0
NO₂
0.3
O₃
72.0
SO₂
0.4
CO
203.0
- 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 Tabor's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 on Nov 8.
Where Debre Tabor stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Debre Tabor: Healthy tree cover
38.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
121,894
Target trees
121,894
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Debre Tabor lost?
There was very little forest around Debre Tabor in 2000, about 40 hectares, and about 7 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 2013, 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Debre Tabor?
- Loggingcan grow back88% · 7 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · under 1 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
- 6,950 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,430 ha
- Overall change
- +481 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Debre Tabor grew from about 6,950 hectares to 7,430 hectares, a net gain of about 481 hectares (+6.9%). New forest grew on about 528 hectares, while 48 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 Tabor right now?
The latest reading for Debre Tabor shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:00 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 Tabor today?
At AQI 38 (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 Tabor been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Debre Tabor's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 66 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 Tabor lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Debre Tabor in 2000, about 40 hectares, and about 7 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 Tabor grew from about 6,950 hectares to 7,430 hectares, a net gain of about 481 hectares (+6.9%). New forest grew on about 528 hectares, while 48 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Debre Tabor?
Debre Tabor has an estimated 121,894 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 38.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Debre Tabor need?
Debre Tabor has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Debre Tabor'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 Tabor; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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