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Elazığ Air quality today
Air quality in Elazığ currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 52
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.8
- tree cover
- 9.3%
- trees in this area
- 29.2K
- more trees needed
- 65.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Elâzığ, Elâzığ Merkez/Elazığ, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Elazığ · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Elazığ's tree count comes to 29,217 trees across 12.57 km², 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 65,031 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Elazığ today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Elazig, Turkey, 1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.8
PM10
24.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- 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 Elazığ's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 23 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 4.
Where Elazığ stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Elazığ: Critically low
9.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
29,217
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
65,031
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,431 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Elazığ lost?
There was almost no forest around Elazığ 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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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Frequently asked
Questions about Elazığ
What is the air quality (AQI) in Elazığ right now?
The latest reading for Elazığ shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Elazig, Turkey ground monitoring station, 1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Elazığ today?
At AQI 52 (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 Elazığ been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Elazığ's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 23 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Elazığ lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Elazığ 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.
What is the tree count in Elazığ?
Elazığ has an estimated 29,217 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.3% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Elazığ need?
Elazığ needs roughly 65,031 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,431 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Elazığ's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Elâzığ, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Elâzığ; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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