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Muscat Air quality today
Air quality in Muscat currently reads AQI 89 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 89
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.4
- tree cover
- 2.9%
- trees in this area
- 9.1K
- more trees needed
- 85.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Ghubrah South, Muscat, Oman (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Muscat · AQI 89 (Moderate)
Muscat's tree count comes to 9,111 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 85,137 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Muscat today: AQI 89, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.4
PM10
55.3
NO₂
17.4
O₃
101.0
SO₂
17.7
CO
352.0
- 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 Muscat's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 75 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 118 on Nov 6.
Where Muscat stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Muscat: Critically low
2.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
9,111
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
85,137
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,873 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Muscat lost?
There was almost no forest around Muscat 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 January 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Sohar192.3 km
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Muscat right now?
The latest reading for Muscat shows an AQI of 89 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Muscat today?
At AQI 89 (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 Muscat been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Muscat's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 75 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 118 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 Muscat lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Muscat 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 Muscat?
Muscat has an estimated 9,111 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.9% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Muscat need?
Muscat needs roughly 85,137 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,873 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Muscat'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 Al Ghubrah South; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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