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Samsun Air quality today
Air quality in Samsun currently reads AQI 95 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 95
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 32.5
- tree cover
- 10.5%
- trees in this area
- 28.1K
- more trees needed
- 52.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Samsun, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Samsun · AQI 95 (Moderate)
Samsun's tree count comes to 28,138 trees across 10.72 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,256 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Samsun today: AQI 95, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Ilkadim Hastane, Turkey, 300 m away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
32.5
PM10
40.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- 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 Samsun's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 76 on Nov 4.
Where Samsun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Samsun: Critically low
10.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.72 km² of land.
Trees in this area
28,138
Target trees
80,394
More trees needed
52,256
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,150 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Samsun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Samsun has lost about 56 hectares of forest (about 79 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 56 haabout 79 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 50 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 27 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 27 ha | under 1 ha | 27 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Samsun?
- Towns and roadscleared for good76% · 43 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8% · 5 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.3% · 3 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 3,740 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,780 ha
- Overall change
- +39 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Samsun stayed about the same size, at about 3,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 69 hectares, and about 31 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 Samsun right now?
The latest reading for Samsun shows an AQI of 95 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Ilkadim Hastane, Turkey, 300 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Samsun today?
At AQI 95 (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 Samsun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Samsun's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 25 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 76 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 Samsun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Samsun has lost about 56 hectares of forest (about 79 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (89%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Samsun stayed about the same size, at about 3,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 69 hectares, and about 31 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Samsun?
Samsun has an estimated 28,138 trees across the 10.72 km² of land measured — 10.5% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Samsun need?
Samsun needs roughly 52,256 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,150 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Samsun's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Samsun, 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 Samsun; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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