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Sivas Air quality today
Air quality in Sivas currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 79
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.0
- tree cover
- 4.4%
- trees in this area
- 13.8K
- more trees needed
- 80.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sivas, Sivas Merkez/Sivas, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sivas · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Sivas's tree count comes to 13,823 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 80,425 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sivas today: AQI 79, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Sivas Basogretmen, Turkey, 800 m away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.0
PM10
46.4
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 Sivas's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 10.
Where Sivas stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sivas: Critically low
4.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
13,823
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
80,425
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,769 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sivas lost?
There was very little forest around Sivas in 2000, about 34 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2017, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Sivas?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good54% · 4 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.8% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown35% · 2 ha
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
- 212 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 310 ha
- Overall change
- +98 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sivas grew from about 212 hectares to 310 hectares, a net gain of about 98 hectares (+46%). New forest grew on about 102 hectares, while 4 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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Questions about Sivas
What is the air quality (AQI) in Sivas right now?
The latest reading for Sivas shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Sivas Basogretmen, Turkey ground monitoring station, 800 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sivas today?
At AQI 79 (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 Sivas been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sivas's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sivas lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Sivas in 2000, about 34 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost 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 Sivas grew from about 212 hectares to 310 hectares, a net gain of about 98 hectares (+46%). New forest grew on about 102 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sivas?
Sivas has an estimated 13,823 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.4% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sivas need?
Sivas needs roughly 80,425 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,769 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sivas's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sivas, 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 Sivas; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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