City report · Lebanon
Sidon Air quality today
Air quality in Sidon currently reads AQI 36 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 36
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.4
- tree cover
- 21.6%
- trees in this area
- 42.0K
- more trees needed
- 16.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sidon, Lebanon (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sidon · AQI 36 (Good)
Sidon's tree count comes to 42,004 trees across 7.78 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,335 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sidon today: AQI 36, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Hariri Foundation - NSA, 3.2 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.4
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, AWAIR
- 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 Sidon's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 35 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 9.
Where Sidon stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sidon: Below target
21.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 7.78 km² of land.
Trees in this area
42,004
Target trees
58,339
More trees needed
16,335
CO₂ if planted / yr
359.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sidon lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sidon has lost about 63 hectares of forest (about 88 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 63 haabout 88 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 61 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 10 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sidon?
- Towns and roadscleared for good49% · 31 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 26 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.5% · 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
- 1,160 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,190 ha
- Overall change
- +28 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sidon grew from about 1,160 hectares to 1,190 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 73 hectares, while 45 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 Sidon right now?
The latest reading for Sidon shows an AQI of 36 (Good), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Hariri Foundation - NSA, 3.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sidon today?
At AQI 36 (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 Sidon been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sidon's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 35 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sidon lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sidon has lost about 63 hectares of forest (about 88 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sidon grew from about 1,160 hectares to 1,190 hectares, a net gain of about 28 hectares (+2.4%). New forest grew on about 73 hectares, while 45 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sidon?
Sidon has an estimated 42,004 trees across the 7.78 km² of land measured — 21.6% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sidon need?
Sidon needs roughly 16,335 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 359.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sidon's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sidon, 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 Sidon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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