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Esenyurt Air quality today
Air quality in Esenyurt currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 70
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.4
- tree cover
- 5.0%
- trees in this area
- 15.7K
- more trees needed
- 78.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around European Side, İstanbul, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Esenyurt · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Esenyurt's tree count comes to 15,708 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,540 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Esenyurt today: AQI 70, 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 · Istanbul Esenyurt, Turkey, 1 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.4
PM10
36.8
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 Esenyurt's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 9.
Where Esenyurt stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Esenyurt: Critically low
5.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
15,708
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
78,540
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,728 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Esenyurt lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esenyurt has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 31 haabout 43 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 27 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 7 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 | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Esenyurt?
- Towns and roadscleared for good86% · 27 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown12% · 4 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural 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
- 453 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 771 ha
- Overall change
- +318 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esenyurt grew from about 453 hectares to 771 hectares, a net gain of about 318 hectares (+70%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, while 15 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 Esenyurt right now?
The latest reading for Esenyurt shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Istanbul Esenyurt, Turkey, 1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Esenyurt today?
At AQI 70 (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 Esenyurt been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Esenyurt's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Esenyurt lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Esenyurt has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Esenyurt grew from about 453 hectares to 771 hectares, a net gain of about 318 hectares (+70%). New forest grew on about 333 hectares, while 15 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Esenyurt?
Esenyurt has an estimated 15,708 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.0% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Esenyurt need?
Esenyurt needs roughly 78,540 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,728 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Esenyurt's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near European Side, 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 European Side; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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