City report · Afghanistan
Mazār-e Sharīf Air quality today
Air quality in Mazār-e Sharīf currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 47
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.1
- tree cover
- 2.8%
- trees in this area
- 8.8K
- more trees needed
- 85.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mazār-e Sharīf · AQI 47 (Good)
Mazār-e Sharīf's tree count comes to 8,796 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 85,451 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mazār-e Sharīf today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.1
PM10
30.2
NO₂
2.1
O₃
67.0
SO₂
4.4
CO
198.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mazār-e Sharīf's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 5.
Where Mazār-e Sharīf stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mazār-e Sharīf: Critically low
2.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
8,796
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
85,451
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,880 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mazār-e Sharīf lost?
There was almost no forest around Mazār-e Sharīf 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
- 37 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 106 ha
- Overall change
- +69 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mazār-e Sharīf grew from about 37 hectares to 106 hectares, a net gain of about 69 hectares. New forest grew on about 70 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Mazār-e Sharīf
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Tirmiz59.2 km
Uzbekistan
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 57
- Kunduz155.6 km
Afghanistan
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 13
- Baghlān156.7 km
Afghanistan
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 35
- Bokhtar193.6 km
Tajikistan
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 37
- Dushanbe250.7 km
Tajikistan
- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 23
Also compared:Mazār-e Sharīf vs KabulMazār-e Sharīf vs HerātMazār-e Sharīf vs Kandahār
Build your own
Compare Mazār-e Sharīf with anywhere
This place
Mazār-e Sharīf
Use this data
Put Mazār-e Sharīf's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Mazār-e Sharīf
What is the air quality (AQI) in Mazār-e Sharīf right now?
The latest reading for Mazār-e Sharīf shows an AQI of 47 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mazār-e Sharīf today?
At AQI 47 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Mazār-e Sharīf been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mazār-e Sharīf's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 62 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 Mazār-e Sharīf lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Mazār-e Sharīf 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 Mazār-e Sharīf grew from about 37 hectares to 106 hectares, a net gain of about 69 hectares. New forest grew on about 70 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Mazār-e Sharīf?
Mazār-e Sharīf has an estimated 8,796 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.8% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mazār-e Sharīf need?
Mazār-e Sharīf needs roughly 85,451 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,880 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mazār-e Sharīf'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 Mazar-i-Sharif; 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