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Malatya Air quality today
Air quality in Malatya currently reads AQI 62 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 62
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.4
- tree cover
- 5.1%
- trees in this area
- 16.0K
- more trees needed
- 78.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Malatya, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Malatya · AQI 62 (Moderate)
Malatya's tree count comes to 16,022 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,226 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Malatya today: AQI 62, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Adıyaman and Elâzığ
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.4
PM10
10.5
NO₂
3.0
O₃
66.0
SO₂
11.6
CO
138.0
- 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 Malatya's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5.
Where Malatya stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Malatya: Critically low
5.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
16,022
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
78,226
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,721 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Malatya lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malatya has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 32 haabout 45 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 30 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 4 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 | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Malatya?
- Towns and roadscleared for good71% · 23 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good22% · 7 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown7.5% · 2 ha
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 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
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Measured cities near Malatya
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Adıyaman65.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 88
- Siverek109.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 129
- Şanlıurfa138.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 80
- Kahramanmaraş148.7 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 67
- Suruç153.1 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 2%
- Air quality
- 58
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Malatya right now?
The latest reading for Malatya shows an AQI of 62 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 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 Malatya today?
At AQI 62 (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 Malatya been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Malatya's daily AQI at 44 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Malatya lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Malatya has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 9.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Malatya?
Malatya has an estimated 16,022 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.1% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Malatya need?
Malatya needs roughly 78,226 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,721 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Malatya'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 Malatya; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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