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Nablus Air quality today
Air quality in Nablus currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.4
- tree cover
- 3.1%
- trees in this area
- 9.7K
- more trees needed
- 84.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nablus, Palestine, State of (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nablus · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Nablus's tree count comes to 9,739 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 84,509 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nablus today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 18 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 18 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Kefar Sava and Petah Tikva
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.4
PM10
7.1
NO₂
3.4
O₃
88.0
SO₂
5.3
CO
140.0
- 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 Nablus's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5.
Where Nablus stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nablus: Critically low
3.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
9,739
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
84,509
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,859 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nablus lost?
There was almost no forest around Nablus 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
- 119 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 133 ha
- Overall change
- +14 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nablus grew from about 119 hectares to 133 hectares, a net gain of about 14 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, while 10 hectares were 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
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Netanya39.2 km
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- Air quality
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- Tel Aviv47.3 km
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- Air quality
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- ‘Ajlūn48.5 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nablus right now?
The latest reading for Nablus shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 18 ground-station cities within 185 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 Nablus today?
At AQI 52 (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 Nablus been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nablus's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 25 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 55 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 Nablus lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Nablus 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 Nablus grew from about 119 hectares to 133 hectares, a net gain of about 14 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 24 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nablus?
Nablus has an estimated 9,739 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.1% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nablus need?
Nablus needs roughly 84,509 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,859 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nablus'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 Nablus; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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