City report · Bahrain
Manama Air quality today
Air quality in Manama currently reads AQI 100 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 100
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 35.2
- tree cover
- 4.1%
- trees in this area
- 12.1K
- more trees needed
- 76.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Block 308, Manama, Bahrain (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Manama · AQI 100 (Moderate)
Manama's tree count comes to 12,056 trees across 11.77 km² of land, 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,160 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Manama today: AQI 100, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Aali, 11.4 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
35.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, SM Alaali
- 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 Manama's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 69 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 8.
Where Manama stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Manama: Critically low
4.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.77 km² of land.
Trees in this area
12,056
Target trees
88,216
More trees needed
76,160
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,676 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Manama lost?
There was almost no forest around Manama 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.
2018: satellite photo from September 2018 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
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Questions about Manama
What is the air quality (AQI) in Manama right now?
The latest reading for Manama shows an AQI of 100 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Aali ground monitoring station, 11.4 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 Manama today?
At AQI 100 (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 Manama been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Manama's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 69 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Manama lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Manama 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 Manama?
Manama has an estimated 12,056 trees across the 11.77 km² of land measured — 4.1% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Manama need?
Manama needs roughly 76,160 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,676 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Manama's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Block 308, 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 Block 308; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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