City report · Azerbaijan
Khirdalan
Measured across a 2 km radius around Khirdalan, Azerbaijan (12.57 km²)
- Tree cover
- 10.4%
- Air quality
- 53Moderate
- Trees in this area
- 32.7K
- More trees needed
- 61.6K
- Area analyzed
- 12.57 km²
- Satellite image
- Sep 21, 2026
Khirdalan's tree count comes to 32,673 trees across 12.57 km² — 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, meaning roughly 61,575 more trees would close the gap. Air quality currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Khirdalan: Critically low
10.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
32,673
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
61,575
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,355 t
Air quality detail
Air quality in Khirdalan today: AQI 53, Moderate
Observed Oct 20, 02:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Baku, 10.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirNow
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Khirdalan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khirdalan has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from June 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city centre.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 102 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 95 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 24 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 | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Khirdalan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good83% · 85 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good9.1% · 9 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.3% · 1 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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 centre, 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 tree count in Khirdalan?
Khirdalan has an estimated 32,673 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.4% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Khirdalan need?
Khirdalan needs roughly 61,575 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,355 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
What is the air quality (AQI) in Khirdalan right now?
The latest reading for Khirdalan shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), measured Oct 20, 02:00 local time by the Baku ground monitoring station, 10.1 km away, via OpenAQ. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
How much forest has the area around Khirdalan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Khirdalan has lost about 102 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
How is Khirdalan's tree cover and air quality measured?
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 Khirdalan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover. Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Khirdalan, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate.
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