City report · Beheira, Egypt
Idkū Air quality today
Air quality in Idkū currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 52
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.2
- tree cover
- 13.8%
- trees in this area
- 43.3K
- more trees needed
- 50.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Idku, Edku, Beheira Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Idkū · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Idkū's tree count comes to 43,267 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,792 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Idkū today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.2
PM10
4.8
NO₂
1.1
O₃
94.0
SO₂
0.5
CO
124.0
- 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 Idkū's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4.
Where Idkū stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Idkū: Critically low
13.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
43,267
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
50,792
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,117 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Idkū lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Idkū has lost about 94 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 94 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 59 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 14 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 14 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Idkū?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good62% · 58 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back30% · 28 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.2% · 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Damanhur34.4 km
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- Air quality
- 58
- Alexandria38.2 km
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- Air quality
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- Disūq38.5 km
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- Air quality
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Idkū right now?
The latest reading for Idkū shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Idkū 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 Idkū been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Idkū's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 20 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 79 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 Idkū lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Idkū has lost about 94 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Idkū?
Idkū has an estimated 43,267 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 13.8% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Idkū need?
Idkū needs roughly 50,792 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,117 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Idkū's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Idku; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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