City report · Beheira, Egypt
Kafr ad Dawwār Air quality today
Air quality in Kafr ad Dawwār currently reads AQI 99 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 99
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.9
- tree cover
- 18.0%
- trees in this area
- 56.5K
- more trees needed
- 37.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kafr El-Dawar, Monshaat Al Awqaf, Kafr El Dawwar, 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.
Kafr ad Dawwār · AQI 99 (Moderate)
Kafr ad Dawwār's tree count comes to 56,549 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,699 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kafr ad Dawwār today: AQI 99, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 New Cairo 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.9
PM10
12.8
NO₂
14.8
O₃
76.0
SO₂
42.6
CO
150.0
- 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 Kafr ad Dawwār's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 11.
Where Kafr ad Dawwār stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kafr ad Dawwār: Below target
18.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
56,549
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
37,699
CO₂ if planted / yr
829.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kafr ad Dawwār lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafr ad Dawwār has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 27 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 19 haabout 27 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 7 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kafr ad Dawwār?
- Towns and roadscleared for good52% · 10 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good21% · 4 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.1% · under 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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- 14%
- Air quality
- 52
- Damanhur34.1 km
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- 8%
- Air quality
- 58
- Rosetta40.2 km
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- Air quality
- 57
- Disūq49.3 km
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- Air quality
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- Kafr ash Shaykh77.2 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kafr ad Dawwār right now?
The latest reading for Kafr ad Dawwār shows an AQI of 99 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Kafr ad Dawwār today?
At AQI 99 (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 Kafr ad Dawwār been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kafr ad Dawwār's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kafr ad Dawwār lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafr ad Dawwār has lost about 19 hectares of forest (about 27 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Kafr ad Dawwār?
Kafr ad Dawwār has an estimated 56,549 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.0% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kafr ad Dawwār need?
Kafr ad Dawwār needs roughly 37,699 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 829.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kafr ad Dawwār'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 Kafr El-Dawar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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