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Erzurum Air quality today
Air quality in Erzurum currently reads AQI 92 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 92
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.1
- tree cover
- 9.6%
- trees in this area
- 30.2K
- more trees needed
- 64.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Erzurum, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Erzurum · AQI 92 (Moderate)
Erzurum's tree count comes to 30,159 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,088 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Erzurum today: AQI 92, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tashan, Turkey, 300 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.1
PM10
92.4
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 Erzurum's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 4.
Where Erzurum stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Erzurum: Critically low
9.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
30,159
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
64,088
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,410 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Erzurum lost?
There was very little forest around Erzurum in 2000, about 41 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Erzurum?
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown60% · 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
- 235 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 527 ha
- Overall change
- +292 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Erzurum grew from about 235 hectares to 527 hectares, a net gain of about 292 hectares (+124%). New forest grew on about 296 hectares, while 4 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 Erzurum right now?
The latest reading for Erzurum shows an AQI of 92 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Tashan, Turkey, 300 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Erzurum today?
At AQI 92 (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 Erzurum been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Erzurum's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 23 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 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 Erzurum lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Erzurum in 2000, about 41 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Erzurum grew from about 235 hectares to 527 hectares, a net gain of about 292 hectares (+124%). New forest grew on about 296 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Erzurum?
Erzurum has an estimated 30,159 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.6% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Erzurum need?
Erzurum needs roughly 64,088 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,410 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Erzurum's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Erzurum, 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 Erzurum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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