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Silifke Air quality today
Air quality in Silifke currently reads AQI 67 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 67
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.3
- tree cover
- 23.5%
- trees in this area
- 72.6K
- more trees needed
- 20.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Silifke, Mersin, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Silifke · AQI 67 (Moderate)
Silifke's tree count comes to 72,646 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 20,094 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Silifke today: AQI 67, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Mersin and Tarsus
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.3
PM10
10.0
NO₂
2.3
O₃
76.0
SO₂
4.0
CO
145.0
- 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 Silifke's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 19 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 5.
Where Silifke stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Silifke: Below target
23.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
72,646
Target trees
92,740
More trees needed
20,094
CO₂ if planted / yr
442.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Silifke lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Silifke has lost about 296 hectares of forest (about 410 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (43%), after which forest can grow back. About 55 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 296 haabout 410 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 25%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 55 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 52 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 24 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 6 ha | 16 ha | 23 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 13 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 29 ha | 31 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 17 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 18 ha | 34 ha | 52 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Silifke?
- Loggingcan grow back43% · 128 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back34% · 99 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good10% · 31 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, 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
- 3,170 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,890 ha
- Overall change
- −279 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Silifke shrank from about 3,170 hectares to 2,890 hectares, a net loss of about 279 hectares (−8.8%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 435 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 Silifke right now?
The latest reading for Silifke shows an AQI of 67 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 165 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 Silifke today?
At AQI 67 (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 Silifke been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Silifke's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 19 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 51 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 Silifke lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Silifke has lost about 296 hectares of forest (about 410 football pitches): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (43%), after which forest can grow back. About 55 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Silifke shrank from about 3,170 hectares to 2,890 hectares, a net loss of about 279 hectares (−8.8%). New forest grew on about 156 hectares, but 435 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Silifke?
Silifke has an estimated 72,646 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 23.5% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Silifke need?
Silifke needs roughly 20,094 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 442.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Silifke'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 Silifke; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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