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Famagusta Air quality today
Air quality in Famagusta currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 42
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.6
- tree cover
- 8.8%
- trees in this area
- 18.3K
- more trees needed
- 44.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Famagusta, Cyprus (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Famagusta · AQI 42 (Good)
Famagusta's tree count comes to 18,302 trees across 8.32 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 44,090 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Famagusta today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Paralimni - Traffic Station, 9.4 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.6
PM10
22.0
NO₂
28.0
O₃
62.0
SO₂
0.1
CO
366.3
Data: OpenAQ · Republic of Cyprus Department of Labor Inspection, Department of Labour Inspection, Republic of Cyprus (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- 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 Famagusta's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 32 on Nov 5.
Where Famagusta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Famagusta: Critically low
8.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.32 km² of land.
Trees in this area
18,302
Target trees
62,392
More trees needed
44,090
CO₂ if planted / yr
970.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Famagusta lost?
There was very little forest around Famagusta in 2000, about 44 hectares, and about 3 hectares 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 Famagusta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good40% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good27% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown30% · under 1 ha
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 Famagusta right now?
The latest reading for Famagusta shows an AQI of 42 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Paralimni - Traffic Station ground monitoring station, 9.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Famagusta today?
At AQI 42 (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 Famagusta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Famagusta's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 12 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 32 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 Famagusta lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Famagusta in 2000, about 44 hectares, and about 3 hectares 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.
What is the tree count in Famagusta?
Famagusta has an estimated 18,302 trees across the 8.32 km² of land measured — 8.8% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Famagusta need?
Famagusta needs roughly 44,090 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 970.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Famagusta's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Famagusta, 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 Famagusta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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