City report · Konya, Turkey
Konya Air quality today
Air quality in Konya currently reads AQI 177 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 177
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 92.3
- tree cover
- 7.6%
- trees in this area
- 23.9K
- more trees needed
- 102K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Konya, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Konya · AQI 177 (Unhealthy)
Konya's tree count comes to 23,876 trees across 12.57 km², 32 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 101,788 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Konya today: AQI 177, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Karatay (Belediye), Turkey, 2.8 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
92.3
PM10
113.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Konya's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 29 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 9.
Where Konya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Konya: Critically low
7.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
23,876
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
101,788
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,239 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Konya lost?
There was almost no forest around Konya 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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
In the same region
Measured cities near Konya
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Konya with anywhere
This place
Konya
Use this data
Put Konya's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Konya
What is the air quality (AQI) in Konya right now?
The latest reading for Konya shows an AQI of 177 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Karatay (Belediye), Turkey, 2.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Konya today?
At AQI 177 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Konya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Konya's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 29 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Konya lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Konya 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.
What is the tree count in Konya?
Konya has an estimated 23,876 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.6% tree cover, 32 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Konya need?
Konya needs roughly 101,788 more trees to close a 32-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,239 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Konya's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Konya, 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 Konya; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address