City report · Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
Rabat Air quality today
Air quality in Rabat currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 42
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.8
- tree cover
- 16.1%
- trees in this area
- 49.9K
- more trees needed
- 43.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Quartier Administratif, Rabat, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rabat · AQI 42 (Good)
Rabat's tree count comes to 49,872 trees across 12.39 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,057 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rabat today: AQI 42, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.8
PM10
13.2
NO₂
4.5
O₃
31.0
SO₂
4.4
CO
129.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rabat's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 31 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 7.
Where Rabat stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rabat: Critically low
16.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,872
Target trees
92,929
More trees needed
43,057
CO₂ if planted / yr
947.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rabat lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rabat has lost about 169 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 74 hectares (44%) 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 northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 169 haabout 240 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 74 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 24 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | 11 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | 14 ha | 11 ha | 24 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 7 ha | 21 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rabat?
- Loggingcan grow back55% · 93 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good39% · 67 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.7% · 8 ha
Also: 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
- 2,240 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,230 ha
- Overall change
- −13 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rabat stayed about the same size, at about 2,230 hectares: new forest grew on about 132 hectares, and about 144 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 Rabat right now?
The latest reading for Rabat shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rabat today?
At AQI 42 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rabat been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rabat's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 31 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rabat lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rabat has lost about 169 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 74 hectares (44%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rabat stayed about the same size, at about 2,230 hectares: new forest grew on about 132 hectares, and about 144 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rabat?
Rabat has an estimated 49,872 trees across the 12.39 km² of land measured — 16.1% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rabat need?
Rabat needs roughly 43,057 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 947.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rabat'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 Quartier Administratif; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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