Egypt · Sharqia · 5 cities
Air quality in Sharqia today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Fāqūs has the cleanest air of the 5 cities we track in Sharqia (AQI 58, Moderate), and Bilbeis the worst (AQI 96, Moderate). Bilbeis has the most tree cover, at 21.4% — #12 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 76
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 5
- average tree cover
- 6.9%
- Egypt: 12.7%
- worst air now: Bilbeis
- 96
- cleanest air now: Fāqūs
- 58
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Sharqia · average AQI 76
Air quality today across Sharqia, city by city
| Zagazig | 87Moderate | 5.0% | 78.5K | #47 of 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān | 77Moderate | 1.6% | 89.2K | #55 of 65 |
| Bilbeis | 96Moderate | 21.4% | 27.0K | #12 of 65 |
| Abū Kabīr | 61Moderate | 4.1% | 81.4K | #50 of 65 |
| Fāqūs | 58Moderate | 2.5% | 86.4K | #52 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 Sharqia lost?
Since 2001, Sharqia has lost about 40 hectares of forest (about 57 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 40 haabout 57 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 31 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 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
The worst year was 2010, when about 6 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Sharqia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good75% · 30 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.5% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown23% · 9 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural 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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