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City report · Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

Qeładizê Air quality today

Air quality in Qeładizê currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 58

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
10.9
tree cover
5.3%
trees in this area
16.6K
more trees needed
77.6K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Baban, Qaladiza, Sulaymaniyah 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.

Qeładizê · AQI 58 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Qeładizê's tree count comes to 16,650 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 77,597 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Qeładizê today: AQI 58, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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

10.9

PM10

13.2

NO₂

10.1

O₃

82.0

SO₂

3.8

CO

215.0

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 Qeładizê's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 47 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 58 · peak 88
Nov 5: AQI 72 (peak 88)Nov 6: AQI 61 (peak 71)Nov 7: AQI 52 (peak 62)Nov 8: AQI 47 (peak 61)Nov 9: AQI 58 (peak 67)Nov 10: AQI 50 (peak 61)Nov 11: AQI 64 (peak 66)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Qeładizê stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Qeładizê: Critically low

5.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

25 points below target

Trees in this area

16,650

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

77,597

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,707 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Qeładizê lost?

There was almost no forest around Qeładizê 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.

Satellite image of the area around Qeładizê, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 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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Questions about Qeładizê

What is the air quality (AQI) in Qeładizê right now?

The latest reading for Qeładizê shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Qeładizê today?

At AQI 58 (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 Qeładizê been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qeładizê's daily AQI at 58 on average, from 47 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 88 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 Qeładizê lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Qeładizê 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 Qeładizê?

Qeładizê has an estimated 16,650 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.3% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Qeładizê need?

Qeładizê needs roughly 77,597 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,707 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Qeładizê'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 Baban; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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