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Air quality & tree cover in New South Wales

Today's air quality (AQI) and satellite-measured tree cover for the cities of New South Wales, each over the same 2 km around its center.

Right now, Wollongong has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in New South Wales (AQI 24, Good), and Newcastle the worst (AQI 33, Good). Central Coast has the most tree cover, at 80.6% — #1 of 21 cities measured in Australia.

Cities tracked
4
Average tree cover
43.4%Australia: 32.9%
Worst air right now
NewcastleAQI 33

Air quality today and tree cover across New South Wales

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in New South Wales, Australia
Sydney26Good29.4%1.3K#11 of 21
Newcastle33Good23.6%9.0K#16 of 21
Central Coast25Good80.6%—#1 of 21
Wollongong24Good39.8%—#8 of 21

Air quality is the US AQI from Open-Meteo / CAMS, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Australia.

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