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Sabt Alalayah Air quality today

Air quality in Sabt Alalayah currently reads AQI 65 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 65

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
15.7
tree cover
0.9%
trees in this area
2.8K
more trees needed
91.4K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Al Shati, Sabt Al Alayah Saudi Arabia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Sabt Alalayah · AQI 65 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Sabt Alalayah's tree count comes to 2,827 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 91,420 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Sabt Alalayah today: AQI 65, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

15.7

PM10

33.3

NO₂

3.1

O₃

42.0

SO₂

4.3

CO

156.0

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 Sabt Alalayah's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 53 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 66 · peak 97
Nov 5: AQI 89 (peak 97)Nov 6: AQI 75 (peak 83)Nov 7: AQI 64 (peak 75)Nov 8: AQI 56 (peak 62)Nov 9: AQI 53 (peak 61)Nov 10: AQI 61 (peak 65)Nov 11: AQI 65 (peak 65)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Sabt Alalayah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Sabt Alalayah: Critically low

0.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

29 points below target

Trees in this area

2,827

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

91,420

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,011 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Sabt Alalayah lost?

There was almost no forest around Sabt Alalayah in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Sabt Alalayah, November 2017

2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
66 ha
Forest in 2020
134 ha
Overall change
+68 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sabt Alalayah grew from about 66 hectares to 134 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares. New forest grew on about 68 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Sabt Alalayah right now?

The latest reading for Sabt Alalayah shows an AQI of 65 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Sabt Alalayah today?

At AQI 65 (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 Sabt Alalayah been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sabt Alalayah's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 53 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 97 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 Sabt Alalayah lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Sabt Alalayah in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sabt Alalayah grew from about 66 hectares to 134 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares. New forest grew on about 68 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.

What is the tree count in Sabt Alalayah?

Sabt Alalayah has an estimated 2,827 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 0.9% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Sabt Alalayah need?

Sabt Alalayah needs roughly 91,420 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 2,011 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Sabt Alalayah'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 Al Shati; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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