City report · Beheira, Egypt
Rosetta Air quality today
Air quality in Rosetta currently reads AQI 57 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 57
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.8
- tree cover
- 42.5%
- trees in this area
- 116K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rosetta, Rasheed, Rosetta, Beheira Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rosetta · AQI 57 (Moderate)
Rosetta's tree count comes to 115,760 trees across 10.9 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rosetta today: AQI 57, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.8
PM10
7.4
NO₂
6.9
O₃
76.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
154.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rosetta's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 22 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 4.
Where Rosetta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rosetta: Healthy tree cover
42.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.9 km² of land.
Trees in this area
115,760
Target trees
115,760
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rosetta lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rosetta has lost about 255 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 255 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 244 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 30 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2010 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | 4 ha | 30 ha |
| 2013 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2016 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2017 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rosetta?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good91% · 233 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.4% · 11 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.2% · 11 ha
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
- 666 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 351 ha
- Overall change
- −315 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rosetta shrank from about 666 hectares to 351 hectares, a net loss of about 315 hectares (−47%). New forest grew on about 8 hectares, but 322 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Rosetta right now?
The latest reading for Rosetta shows an AQI of 57 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rosetta today?
At AQI 57 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rosetta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rosetta's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 22 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rosetta lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rosetta has lost about 255 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 5.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rosetta shrank from about 666 hectares to 351 hectares, a net loss of about 315 hectares (−47%). New forest grew on about 8 hectares, but 322 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rosetta?
Rosetta has an estimated 115,760 trees across the 10.9 km² of land measured — 42.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rosetta need?
Rosetta has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rosetta's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Rosetta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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