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Khenchela Air quality today
Air quality in Khenchela currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.5
- tree cover
- 4.5%
- trees in this area
- 14.1K
- more trees needed
- 80.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Cite Ain El Karma, Khenchela, Algeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Khenchela · AQI 43 (Good)
Khenchela's tree count comes to 14,137 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 80,111 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Khenchela today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.5
PM10
21.7
NO₂
5.1
O₃
47.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
117.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Khenchela's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 10.
Where Khenchela stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Khenchela: Critically low
4.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
14,137
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
80,111
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,762 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Khenchela lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khenchela has lost about 99 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 18 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 99 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 18 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 37 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 27 ha | 37 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 | 35 ha | 35 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 8 ha | 8 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 Khenchela?
- Wildfirescan grow back79% · 78 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.3% · 8 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.2% · 6 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 1,960 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,970 ha
- Overall change
- +11 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khenchela stayed about the same size, at about 1,970 hectares: new forest grew on about 54 hectares, and about 43 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Khenchela right now?
The latest reading for Khenchela shows an AQI of 43 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Khenchela today?
At AQI 43 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Khenchela been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Khenchela's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Khenchela lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khenchela has lost about 99 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 8.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 18 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khenchela stayed about the same size, at about 1,970 hectares: new forest grew on about 54 hectares, and about 43 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Khenchela?
Khenchela has an estimated 14,137 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.5% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Khenchela need?
Khenchela needs roughly 80,111 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,762 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Khenchela'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 Cite Ain El Karma; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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