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Giresun Air quality today
Air quality in Giresun currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.6
- tree cover
- 59.5%
- trees in this area
- 85.6K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Giresun, Giresun Merkez/Giresun, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Giresun · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Giresun's tree count comes to 85,612 trees across 5.76 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Giresun today: AQI 52, 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 · Giresun Gemilercekegi, Turkey, 1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.6
PM10
16.2
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 Giresun's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 13 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 4.
Where Giresun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Giresun: Healthy tree cover
59.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 5.76 km² of land.
Trees in this area
85,612
Target trees
85,612
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Giresun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Giresun has lost about 54 hectares of forest (about 76 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 54 haabout 76 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 36 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2013, when about 5 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Giresun?
- Towns and roadscleared for good37% · 20 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 16 ha
- Loggingcan grow back11% · 6 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
- 12,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,300 ha
- Overall change
- −48 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Giresun stayed about the same size, at about 12,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 18 hectares, and about 65 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 Giresun right now?
The latest reading for Giresun shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the Giresun Gemilercekegi, 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 Giresun 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 Giresun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Giresun's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 13 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 58 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 Giresun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Giresun has lost about 54 hectares of forest (about 76 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (67%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Giresun stayed about the same size, at about 12,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 18 hectares, and about 65 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Giresun?
Giresun has an estimated 85,612 trees across the 5.76 km² of land measured — 59.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Giresun need?
Giresun has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Giresun's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Giresun, 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 Giresun; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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