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El Jadida Air quality today
Air quality in El Jadida currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 38
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.7
- tree cover
- 3.5%
- trees in this area
- 5.4K
- more trees needed
- 40.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around El Jadida, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
El Jadida · AQI 38 (Good)
El Jadida's tree count comes to 5,388 trees across 6.16 km² of land, 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,794 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in El Jadida today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 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
6.7
PM10
13.7
NO₂
4.0
O₃
52.0
SO₂
3.5
CO
130.0
- 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 El Jadida's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 7.
Where El Jadida stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in El Jadida: Critically low
3.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.16 km² of land.
Trees in this area
5,388
Target trees
46,182
More trees needed
40,794
CO₂ if planted / yr
897.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has El Jadida lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Jadida has lost about 61 hectares of forest (about 86 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 15 hectares (25%) 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
- 61 haabout 86 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 15 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 31 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | 24 ha | 31 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 | 11 ha | 12 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around El Jadida?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back69% · 42 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · 15 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back4.2% · 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
- 323 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 313 ha
- Overall change
- −10 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Jadida shrank from about 323 hectares to 313 hectares, a net loss of about 10 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 7 hectares, but 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 El Jadida right now?
The latest reading for El Jadida shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 00:00 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 El Jadida 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 El Jadida been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put El Jadida's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around El Jadida lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of El Jadida has lost about 61 hectares of forest (about 86 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 15 hectares (25%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around El Jadida shrank from about 323 hectares to 313 hectares, a net loss of about 10 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 7 hectares, but 17 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in El Jadida?
El Jadida has an estimated 5,388 trees across the 6.16 km² of land measured — 3.5% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does El Jadida need?
El Jadida needs roughly 40,794 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 897.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are El Jadida'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 El Jadida; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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