City report · Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Siverek Air quality today
Air quality in Siverek currently reads AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 129
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 46.6
- tree cover
- 3.9%
- trees in this area
- 12.3K
- more trees needed
- 97.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Siverek, 63600 Siverek/Şanlıurfa, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Siverek · AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Siverek's tree count comes to 12,252 trees across 12.57 km², 31 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 97,704 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Siverek today: AQI 129, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Diyarbakır and Adıyaman
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
46.6
PM10
25.9
NO₂
7.1
O₃
46.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
322.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Siverek's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 84 on Nov 5.
Where Siverek stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Siverek: Critically low
3.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
12,252
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
97,704
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,149 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Siverek lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Siverek has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (22%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 haabout 3 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Siverek?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good22% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown70% · 2 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
In the same region
Measured cities near Siverek
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Viranşehir70.6 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 3%
- Air quality
- 106
- Şanlıurfa80.0 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 80
- Diyarbakır81.0 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 85
- Adıyaman91.5 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 88
- Elazığ102.5 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 52
- Malatya109.8 km
Turkey
- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 62
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Siverek right now?
The latest reading for Siverek shows an AQI of 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Siverek today?
At AQI 129 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Siverek been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Siverek's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 30 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 84 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 Siverek lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Siverek has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (22%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
What is the tree count in Siverek?
Siverek has an estimated 12,252 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.9% tree cover, 31 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Siverek need?
Siverek needs roughly 97,704 more trees to close a 31-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,149 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Siverek'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 Siverek; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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