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Karaman Air quality today
Air quality in Karaman currently reads AQI 91 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 91
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 30.6
- tree cover
- 4.1%
- trees in this area
- 12.9K
- more trees needed
- 81.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Karaman, Karaman Merkez/Karaman, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Karaman · AQI 91 (Moderate)
Karaman's tree count comes to 12,881 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,367 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Karaman today: AQI 91, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Karaman, Turkey, 1.6 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
30.6
PM10
37.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- 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 Karaman's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 4.
Where Karaman stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Karaman: Critically low
4.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,881
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
81,367
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,790 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Karaman lost?
There was very little forest around Karaman in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2009, when about 2 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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Karaman?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good65% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown38% · 1 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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Questions about Karaman
What is the air quality (AQI) in Karaman right now?
The latest reading for Karaman shows an AQI of 91 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Karaman, Turkey ground monitoring station, 1.6 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Karaman today?
At AQI 91 (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 Karaman been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Karaman's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 59 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 Karaman lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Karaman in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Karaman?
Karaman has an estimated 12,881 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.1% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Karaman need?
Karaman needs roughly 81,367 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,790 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Karaman's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Karaman, 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 Karaman; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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