City report · Hatay, Turkey
İskenderun Air quality today
Air quality in İskenderun currently reads AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 111
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.7
- tree cover
- 7.4%
- trees in this area
- 16.7K
- more trees needed
- 62.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around İskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
İskenderun · AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
İskenderun's tree count comes to 16,692 trees across 9.03 km² of land, 28 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,256 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in İskenderun today: AQI 111, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · İskenderun Merkez, Turkey, 1 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
19.7
PM10
175.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put İskenderun's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 76 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 196 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in İskenderun: Critically low
7.4% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
16,692
Target trees
78,948
More trees needed
62,256
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,370 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has İskenderun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of İskenderun has lost about 887 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 41 hectares (4.7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 887 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 41 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 58 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 47 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2013, when about 311 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 309 ha | 311 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 62 ha | 64 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 97 ha | 100 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | 48 ha | 53 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 215 ha | 217 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 26 ha | 28 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 12 ha | 20 ha |
What is causing deforestation around İskenderun?
- Wildfirescan grow back60% · 533 ha
- Loggingcan grow back35% · 307 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.8% · 25 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 7,940 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,030 ha
- Overall change
- +93 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around İskenderun stayed about the same size, at about 8,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 323 hectares, and about 229 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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Frequently asked
Questions about İskenderun
What is the air quality (AQI) in İskenderun right now?
The latest reading for İskenderun shows an AQI of 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the İskenderun Merkez, Turkey ground monitoring station, 1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM10. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in İskenderun today?
At AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in İskenderun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put İskenderun's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 76 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 196 on Nov 6. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around İskenderun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of İskenderun has lost about 887 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 41 hectares (4.7%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 58 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 47 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around İskenderun stayed about the same size, at about 8,030 hectares: new forest grew on about 323 hectares, and about 229 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in İskenderun?
İskenderun has an estimated 16,692 trees across the 9.03 km² of land measured — 7.4% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does İskenderun need?
İskenderun needs roughly 62,256 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,370 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are İskenderun's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near İskenderun, 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 İskenderun; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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