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Ksar El Kebir Air quality today
Air quality in Ksar El Kebir currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 12.9
- tree cover
- 7.6%
- trees in this area
- 23.9K
- more trees needed
- 70.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ksar El Kebir · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Ksar El Kebir's tree count comes to 23,876 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 70,372 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ksar El Kebir today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Algeciras and Gibraltar
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
12.9
PM10
8.0
NO₂
1.4
O₃
51.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
123.0
- 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 Ksar El Kebir's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ksar El Kebir: Critically low
7.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
23,876
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
70,372
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,548 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ksar El Kebir lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ksar El Kebir has lost about 67 hectares of forest (about 94 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 15 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 67 haabout 94 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 15 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 16 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 10 ha | 12 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Ksar El Kebir?
- Loggingcan grow back74% · 49 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good21% · 14 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back2.4% · 2 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
- 842 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 784 ha
- Overall change
- −58 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ksar El Kebir shrank from about 842 hectares to 784 hectares, a net loss of about 58 hectares (−6.9%). New forest grew on about 100 hectares, but 158 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 Ksar El Kebir right now?
The latest reading for Ksar El Kebir shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 05:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 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 Ksar El Kebir today?
At AQI 59 (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 Ksar El Kebir been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ksar El Kebir's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 27 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ksar El Kebir lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ksar El Kebir has lost about 67 hectares of forest (about 94 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 15 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ksar El Kebir shrank from about 842 hectares to 784 hectares, a net loss of about 58 hectares (−6.9%). New forest grew on about 100 hectares, but 158 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ksar El Kebir?
Ksar El Kebir has an estimated 23,876 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.6% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ksar El Kebir need?
Ksar El Kebir needs roughly 70,372 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,548 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ksar El Kebir'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 Ksar el-Kebir; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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