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Rize Air quality today
Air quality in Rize currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.4
- tree cover
- 68.5%
- trees in this area
- 172K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rize, Rize Merkez/Rize, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rize · AQI 19 (Good)
Rize's tree count comes to 171,944 trees across 10.04 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rize today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Rize, Turkey, 800 m away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.4
PM10
17.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rize's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 12 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 5.
Where Rize stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rize: Healthy tree cover
68.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
171,944
Target trees
171,944
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rize lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rize has lost about 48 hectares of forest (about 68 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 48 haabout 68 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 26 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 6 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rize?
- Towns and roadscleared for good42% · 20 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good11% · 6 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9.9% · 5 ha
Also: unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 16,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,600 ha
- Overall change
- −19 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rize stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 4 hectares, and about 24 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Rize
What is the air quality (AQI) in Rize right now?
The latest reading for Rize shows an AQI of 19 (Good), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by the Rize, Turkey ground monitoring station, 800 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rize today?
At AQI 19 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rize been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rize's daily AQI at 21 on average, from 12 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rize lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rize has lost about 48 hectares of forest (about 68 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rize stayed about the same size, at about 16,600 hectares: new forest grew on about 4 hectares, and about 24 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rize?
Rize has an estimated 171,944 trees across the 10.04 km² of land measured — 68.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rize need?
Rize has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rize's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Rize, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Rize; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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