City report · Oman
Şaḩam Air quality today
Air quality in Şaḩam currently reads AQI 38 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 38
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.2
- tree cover
- 12.0%
- trees in this area
- 21.3K
- more trees needed
- 31.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Saham, Oman (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Şaḩam · AQI 38 (Good)
Şaḩam's tree count comes to 21,300 trees across 7.1 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,950 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Şaḩam today: AQI 38, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Dubai and Ajman
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.2
PM10
39.6
NO₂
9.8
O₃
50.0
SO₂
10.8
CO
163.0
- 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 Şaḩam's daily AQI at 77 on average, from 66 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 94 on Nov 4.
Where Şaḩam stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Şaḩam: Critically low
12.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.1 km² of land.
Trees in this area
21,300
Target trees
53,250
More trees needed
31,950
CO₂ if planted / yr
702.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Şaḩam lost?
There was almost no forest around Şaḩam 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.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 46 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 113 ha
- Overall change
- +67 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Şaḩam grew from about 46 hectares to 113 hectares, a net gain of about 67 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- As Suwayq66.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 97
- Rustaq102.6 km
Oman
- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 70
- Al Ain City114.4 km
United Arab Emirates
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 100
- Fujairah118.7 km
United Arab Emirates
- Tree cover
- 4%
- Air quality
- 53
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Şaḩam right now?
The latest reading for Şaḩam shows an AQI of 38 (Good), observed Nov 10, 23:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Şaḩam today?
At AQI 38 (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 Şaḩam been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Şaḩam's daily AQI at 77 on average, from 66 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 94 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 Şaḩam lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Şaḩam 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 Şaḩam grew from about 46 hectares to 113 hectares, a net gain of about 67 hectares. New forest grew on about 68 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Şaḩam?
Şaḩam has an estimated 21,300 trees across the 7.1 km² of land measured — 12.0% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Şaḩam need?
Şaḩam needs roughly 31,950 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 702.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Şaḩam'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 Saham; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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