City report · Bursa Province, Turkey
Nilüfer Air quality today
Air quality in Nilüfer currently reads AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 111
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 39.4
- tree cover
- 12.3%
- trees in this area
- 38.6K
- more trees needed
- 71.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bursa, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nilüfer · AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Nilüfer's tree count comes to 38,642 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 71,314 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nilüfer today: AQI 111, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bursa Uludag Univ., Turkey, 3.9 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
39.4
PM10
65.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nilüfer's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 53 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 9.
Where Nilüfer stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nilüfer: Critically low
12.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
38,642
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
71,314
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,569 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nilüfer lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nilüfer has lost about 634 hectares of forest (about 890 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (46%), after which forest can grow back. About 313 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 634 haabout 890 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 313 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 32 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 81 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 17 ha | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 13 ha | 22 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 11 ha | 17 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 4 ha | 25 ha |
| 2012 | 12 ha | 7 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 4 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2018 | 14 ha | 32 ha | 46 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | 20 ha | 39 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 45 ha | 49 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 40 ha | 55 ha |
| 2022 | 18 ha | 13 ha | 31 ha |
| 2023 | 23 ha | 41 ha | 64 ha |
| 2024 | 21 ha | 60 ha | 81 ha |
| 2025 | 25 ha | 14 ha | 39 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nilüfer?
- Loggingcan grow back46% · 291 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 195 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good13% · 84 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, wildfires, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 6,810 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,670 ha
- Overall change
- −136 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nilüfer stayed about the same size, at about 6,670 hectares: new forest grew on about 141 hectares, and about 278 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Nilüfer right now?
The latest reading for Nilüfer shows an AQI of 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bursa Uludag Univ., Turkey, 3.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nilüfer today?
At AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Nilüfer been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nilüfer's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 53 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nilüfer lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nilüfer has lost about 634 hectares of forest (about 890 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (46%), after which forest can grow back. About 313 hectares (49%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 32 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nilüfer stayed about the same size, at about 6,670 hectares: new forest grew on about 141 hectares, and about 278 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nilüfer?
Nilüfer has an estimated 38,642 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.3% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nilüfer need?
Nilüfer needs roughly 71,314 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,569 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nilüfer's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bursa, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Bursa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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