City report · Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Kafr ash Shaykh Air quality today
Air quality in Kafr ash Shaykh currently reads AQI 100 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 100
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 34.0
- tree cover
- 5.6%
- trees in this area
- 17.6K
- more trees needed
- 76.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kafr El-Shaikh, Qism Kafr El-Shaikh, Kafr el-Sheikh, Gharbia 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 ash Shaykh · AQI 100 (Moderate)
Kafr ash Shaykh's tree count comes to 17,593 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,655 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kafr ash Shaykh today: AQI 100, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
34.0
PM10
14.7
NO₂
18.0
O₃
46.0
SO₂
3.9
CO
201.0
- 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 ash Shaykh's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 5.
Where Kafr ash Shaykh stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kafr ash Shaykh: Critically low
5.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
17,593
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
76,655
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,686 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kafr ash Shaykh lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafr ash Shaykh has lost about 49 hectares of forest (about 68 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (43%). About 22 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 49 haabout 68 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 22 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 19 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kafr ash Shaykh?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good43% · 21 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.9% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown55% · 27 ha
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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kafr ash Shaykh right now?
The latest reading for Kafr ash Shaykh shows an AQI of 100 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 125 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 ash Shaykh today?
At AQI 100 (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 ash Shaykh been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kafr ash Shaykh's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 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 Kafr ash Shaykh lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafr ash Shaykh has lost about 49 hectares of forest (about 68 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (43%). About 22 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Kafr ash Shaykh?
Kafr ash Shaykh has an estimated 17,593 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.6% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kafr ash Shaykh need?
Kafr ash Shaykh needs roughly 76,655 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,686 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kafr ash Shaykh'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-Shaikh; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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