City report · Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Disūq Air quality today
Air quality in Disūq currently reads AQI 77 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 77
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.5
- tree cover
- 24.2%
- trees in this area
- 67.1K
- more trees needed
- 16.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Desouk, Kafr Ibrahim, Desouk, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Disūq · AQI 77 (Moderate)
Disūq's tree count comes to 67,055 trees across 11.09 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,071 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Disūq today: AQI 77, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.5
PM10
7.6
NO₂
5.6
O₃
81.0
SO₂
3.6
CO
139.0
- 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 Disūq's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5.
Where Disūq stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Disūq: Below target
24.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.09 km² of land.
Trees in this area
67,055
Target trees
83,126
More trees needed
16,071
CO₂ if planted / yr
353.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Disūq lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Disūq has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (27%). About 10 hectares (31%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 32 haabout 45 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 10 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 12 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 3 ha | 9 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Disūq?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good27% · 9 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back7.8% · 3 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.1% · 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Disūq right now?
The latest reading for Disūq shows an AQI of 77 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Disūq today?
At AQI 77 (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 Disūq been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Disūq's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Disūq lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Disūq has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (27%). About 10 hectares (31%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Disūq?
Disūq has an estimated 67,055 trees across the 11.09 km² of land measured — 24.2% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Disūq need?
Disūq needs roughly 16,071 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 353.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Disūq'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 Desouk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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