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City report · West Azerbaijan, Iran

Khūy Air quality today

Air quality in Khūy currently reads AQI 84 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 84

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
29.4
tree cover
3.8%
trees in this area
11.9K
more trees needed
82.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Khoy, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Khūy · AQI 84 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Khūy's tree count comes to 11,938 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 82,310 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Khūy today: AQI 84, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Yerevan and Hrazdan

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

29.4

PM10

13.0

NO₂

38.8

O₃

30.0

SO₂

7.1

CO

446.0

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 Khūy's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 4.

Last 7 daysavg 31 · peak 57
Nov 4: AQI 55 (peak 57)Nov 5: AQI 49 (peak 56)Nov 6: AQI 31 (peak 45)Nov 7: AQI 30 (peak 47)Nov 8: AQI 14 (peak 21)Nov 9: AQI 10 (peak 22)Nov 10: AQI 29 (peak 49)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Khūy stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Khūy: Critically low

3.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

26 points below target

Trees in this area

11,938

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

82,310

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,811 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Khūy lost?

There was almost no forest around Khūy in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Khūy, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
93 ha
Forest in 2020
201 ha
Overall change
+108 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khūy grew from about 93 hectares to 201 hectares, a net gain of about 108 hectares. New forest grew on about 127 hectares, while 19 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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Questions about Khūy

What is the air quality (AQI) in Khūy right now?

The latest reading for Khūy shows an AQI of 84 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 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 Khūy today?

At AQI 84 (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 Khūy been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Khūy's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 10 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 57 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 Khūy lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Khūy in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Khūy grew from about 93 hectares to 201 hectares, a net gain of about 108 hectares. New forest grew on about 127 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Khūy?

Khūy has an estimated 11,938 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.8% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Khūy need?

Khūy needs roughly 82,310 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,811 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Khūy'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 Khoy; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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