Iraq · Babil · 4 cities
Air quality in Babil today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Babil (AQI 58, Moderate), and Al-Musayab the worst (AQI 122, Unhealthy for sensitive groups). Al-Musayab has the most tree cover, at 16.9% — #3 of 47 cities measured in Iraq.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 79
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 8.5%
- Iraq: 5.1%
- worst air now: Al-Musayab
- 122
- cleanest air now: Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah
- 58
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Babil · average AQI 79
Air quality today across Babil, city by city
| Al Hillah | 72Moderate | 2.2% | 87.2K | #28 of 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Gharaq | 65Moderate | 10.5% | 61.3K | #11 of 47 |
| Al-Musayab | 122Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 16.9% | 53.5K | #3 of 47 |
| Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah | 58Moderate | 4.4% | 80.1K | #20 of 47 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Iraq.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Babil lost?
There was almost no forest in Babil 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.
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. How it's measured
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