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Kilis Air quality today
Air quality in Kilis currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 70
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.2
- tree cover
- 3.9%
- trees in this area
- 12.3K
- more trees needed
- 82.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kilis, Kilis Merkez/Kilis, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kilis · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Kilis's tree count comes to 12,252 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,996 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kilis today: AQI 70, 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 · Kilis, Turkey, 1.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.2
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 Kilis's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 93 on Nov 4.
Where Kilis stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kilis: Critically low
3.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,252
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
81,996
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,804 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kilis lost?
There was almost no forest around Kilis 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.
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
- 124 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 177 ha
- Overall change
- +53 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kilis grew from about 124 hectares to 177 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+43%). New forest grew on about 54 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Kilis right now?
The latest reading for Kilis shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Kilis, Turkey ground monitoring station, 1.1 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 Kilis today?
At AQI 70 (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 Kilis been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kilis's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 93 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 Kilis lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Kilis 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 Kilis grew from about 124 hectares to 177 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+43%). New forest grew on about 54 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Kilis?
Kilis has an estimated 12,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.9% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kilis need?
Kilis needs roughly 81,996 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,804 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kilis's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Kilis, 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 Kilis; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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