City report · Qena, Egypt
Qina Air quality today
Air quality in Qina currently reads AQI 73 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 73
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.9
- tree cover
- 14.8%
- trees in this area
- 46.5K
- more trees needed
- 47.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qena, Qism Qena, Qena, Qena Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qina · AQI 73 (Moderate)
Qina's tree count comes to 46,496 trees across 12.57 km², 15 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 47,752 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qina today: AQI 73, 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
17.9
PM10
53.1
NO₂
1.9
O₃
94.0
SO₂
5.8
CO
132.0
- 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 Qina's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 80 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 175 on Nov 6.
Where Qina stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qina: Critically low
14.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
46,496
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
47,752
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,051 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qina lost?
There was almost no forest around Qina 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 October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 179 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 223 ha
- Overall change
- +44 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qina grew from about 179 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 44 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 45 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Qina right now?
The latest reading for Qina shows an AQI of 73 (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 Qina today?
At AQI 73 (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 Qina been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qina's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 80 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 175 on Nov 6. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qina lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Qina 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 Qina grew from about 179 hectares to 223 hectares, a net gain of about 44 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 45 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Qina?
Qina has an estimated 46,496 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 14.8% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qina need?
Qina needs roughly 47,752 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,051 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qina'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 Qena; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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