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Mīt Ghamr Air quality today

Air quality in Mīt Ghamr currently reads AQI 80 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 80

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
18.4
tree cover
1.5%
trees in this area
4.3K
more trees needed
82.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Mit Ghamr, Madinet Mit Ghamr (Include Daqados), Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Mīt Ghamr · AQI 80 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 16, 2026

Mīt Ghamr's tree count comes to 4,321 trees across 11.53 km² of land, 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 82,104 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Mīt Ghamr today: AQI 80, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

18.4

PM10

8.8

NO₂

6.3

O₃

85.0

SO₂

6.2

CO

144.0

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 Mīt Ghamr's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 49 · peak 89
Nov 5: AQI 62 (peak 89)Nov 6: AQI 53 (peak 66)Nov 7: AQI 43 (peak 55)Nov 8: AQI 47 (peak 57)Nov 9: AQI 43 (peak 62)Nov 10: AQI 38 (peak 56)Nov 11: AQI 55 (peak 60)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Mīt Ghamr: Critically low

1.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.53 km² of land.

28 points below target

Trees in this area

4,321

Target trees

86,425

More trees needed

82,104

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,806 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Mīt Ghamr lost?

There was very little forest around Mīt Ghamr in 2000, about 59 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost 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 Mīt Ghamr, June 2017

2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost each year around Mīt Ghamr, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Mīt Ghamr, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.5

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Forest lost each year around Mīt Ghamr, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
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2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Mīt Ghamr?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good25% · under 1 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good17% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown50% · under 1 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mīt Ghamr right now?

The latest reading for Mīt Ghamr shows an AQI of 80 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 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 Mīt Ghamr today?

At AQI 80 (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 Mīt Ghamr been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mīt Ghamr's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 89 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 Mīt Ghamr lost since 2001?

There was very little forest around Mīt Ghamr in 2000, about 59 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost 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 Mīt Ghamr?

Mīt Ghamr has an estimated 4,321 trees across the 11.53 km² of land measured — 1.5% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Mīt Ghamr need?

Mīt Ghamr needs roughly 82,104 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,806 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Mīt Ghamr'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 Mit Ghamr; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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