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Misratah Air quality today

Air quality in Misratah currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 38

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
7.8
tree cover
1.7%
trees in this area
5.3K
more trees needed
88.9K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Misrata, Libya (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 10, 2026

Misratah's tree count comes to 5,341 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,907 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Misratah today: AQI 38, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 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

7.8

PM10

18.2

NO₂

8.5

O₃

33.0

SO₂

1.8

CO

287.0

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 Misratah's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 44 on Nov 6.

Last 7 daysavg 31 · peak 44
Nov 5: AQI 29 (peak 31)Nov 6: AQI 36 (peak 44)Nov 7: AQI 32 (peak 41)Nov 8: AQI 26 (peak 30)Nov 9: AQI 29 (peak 33)Nov 10: AQI 28 (peak 32)Nov 11: AQI 34 (peak 38)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Misratah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Misratah: Critically low

1.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

28 points below target

Trees in this area

5,341

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

88,907

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,956 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Misratah lost?

There was almost no forest around Misratah 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.

Satellite image of the area around Misratah, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 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

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Questions about Misratah

What is the air quality (AQI) in Misratah right now?

The latest reading for Misratah shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 11, 09:00 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 Misratah today?

At AQI 38 (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 Misratah been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Misratah's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 44 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 Misratah lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Misratah 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 Misratah?

Misratah has an estimated 5,341 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.7% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Misratah need?

Misratah needs roughly 88,907 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,956 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Misratah'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 Misrata; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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