City report · Najaf, Iraq
Najaf Air quality today
Air quality in Najaf currently reads AQI 64 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 64
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.4
- tree cover
- 1.9%
- trees in this area
- 6.0K
- more trees needed
- 88.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Salaam, Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Najaf · AQI 64 (Moderate)
Najaf's tree count comes to 5,969 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 88,279 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Najaf today: AQI 64, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Baghdad and Baghdad
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.4
PM10
5.6
NO₂
5.0
O₃
56.0
SO₂
12.9
CO
218.0
- 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 Najaf's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 136 on Nov 7.
Where Najaf stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Najaf: Critically low
1.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
5,969
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
88,279
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,942 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Najaf lost?
There was almost no forest around Najaf 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 September 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Abu Gharaq55.7 km
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- Air quality
- 65
- Al Hindīyah58.5 km
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- 13%
- Air quality
- 69
- Karbala72.2 km
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- 11%
- Air quality
- 57
- Al-Musayab83.9 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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Frequently asked
Questions about Najaf
What is the air quality (AQI) in Najaf right now?
The latest reading for Najaf shows an AQI of 64 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 10:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 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 Najaf today?
At AQI 64 (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 Najaf been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Najaf's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 24 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 136 on Nov 7. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Najaf lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Najaf 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 Najaf?
Najaf has an estimated 5,969 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.9% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Najaf need?
Najaf needs roughly 88,279 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,942 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Najaf'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 Salaam; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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