Egypt · Beheira · 4 cities
Air quality in Beheira today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Idkū has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Beheira (AQI 52, Moderate), and Kafr ad Dawwār the worst (AQI 99, Moderate). Rosetta has the most tree cover, at 42.5% — #2 of 65 cities measured in Egypt.
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.
Average right now
AQI 67
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 20.6%
- Egypt: 12.7%
- worst air now: Kafr ad Dawwār
- 99
- cleanest air now: Idkū
- 52
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Beheira · average AQI 67
Air quality today across Beheira, city by city
| Damanhur | 58Moderate | 7.9% | 69.4K | #40 of 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosetta | 57Moderate | 42.5% | — | #2 of 65 |
| Idkū | 52Moderate | 13.8% | 50.8K | #28 of 65 |
| Kafr ad Dawwār | 99Moderate | 18.0% | 37.7K | #21 of 65 |
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 Egypt.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Beheira lost?
Since 2001, Beheira has lost about 361 hectares of forest (about 510 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 361 haabout 510 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 300 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 13 ha | 18 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2011 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 28 ha | 18 ha | 45 ha |
| 2013 | 20 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 35 ha |
| 2015 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2016 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2017 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
The worst year was 2012, when about 45 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Beheira?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good72% · 259 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 40 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.8% · 14 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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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