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Haifa Air quality today
Air quality in Haifa currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 58
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.6
- tree cover
- 19.8%
- trees in this area
- 49.3K
- more trees needed
- 25.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Haifa, Israel (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Haifa · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Haifa's tree count comes to 49,265 trees across 9.96 km² of land, 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,379 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Haifa today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Independence of Haifa, Haifa and its surroundings, Israel (ישראל,עצמאות חיפה, חיפה וקריות), 400 m away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.6
PM10
31.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection
- 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 Haifa's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 33 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5.
Where Haifa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Haifa: Below target
19.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.96 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,265
Target trees
74,644
More trees needed
25,379
CO₂ if planted / yr
558.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Haifa lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haifa has lost about 517 hectares of forest (about 720 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (11%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 517 haabout 720 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 26%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 58 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 403 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 32 ha | 38 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 401 ha | 403 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Haifa?
- Wildfirescan grow back86% · 444 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 58 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.5% · 13 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
- 2,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,480 ha
- Overall change
- −164 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haifa shrank from about 2,640 hectares to 2,480 hectares, a net loss of about 164 hectares (−6.2%). New forest grew on about 39 hectares, but 204 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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Questions about Haifa
What is the air quality (AQI) in Haifa right now?
The latest reading for Haifa shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 16:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Independence of Haifa, Haifa and its surroundings, Israel (ישראל,עצמאות חיפה, חיפה וקריות), 400 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Haifa today?
At AQI 58 (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 Haifa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Haifa's daily AQI at 40 on average, from 33 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 65 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 Haifa lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haifa has lost about 517 hectares of forest (about 720 football pitches): 26% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 58 hectares (11%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haifa shrank from about 2,640 hectares to 2,480 hectares, a net loss of about 164 hectares (−6.2%). New forest grew on about 39 hectares, but 204 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Haifa?
Haifa has an estimated 49,265 trees across the 9.96 km² of land measured — 19.8% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Haifa need?
Haifa needs roughly 25,379 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 558.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Haifa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Haifa, 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 Haifa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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