Iraq · Baghdad · 3 cities
Air quality in Baghdad today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Al Maḩmūdīyah has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Baghdad (AQI 54, Moderate), and Abū Ghurayb the worst (AQI 75, Moderate). Abū Ghurayb has the most tree cover, at 6.1% — #13 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 68
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 4.3%
- Iraq: 5.1%
- worst air now: Abū Ghurayb
- 75
- cleanest air now: Al Maḩmūdīyah
- 54
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Baghdad · average AQI 68
Air quality today across Baghdad, city by city
| Baghdad | 75Moderate | 2.3% | 82.6K | #27 of 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abū Ghurayb | 75Moderate | 6.1% | 75.1K | #13 of 47 |
| Al Maḩmūdīyah | 54Moderate | 4.4% | 80.4K | #21 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 Baghdad lost?
There was almost no forest in Baghdad 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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