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Souk Ahras Air quality today
Air quality in Souk Ahras currently reads AQI 39 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 39
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.5
- tree cover
- 7.3%
- trees in this area
- 22.9K
- more trees needed
- 71.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Souk Ahras, Algeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Souk Ahras · AQI 39 (Good)
Souk Ahras's tree count comes to 22,934 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 71,314 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Souk Ahras today: AQI 39, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.5
PM10
17.7
NO₂
8.1
O₃
44.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
119.0
- 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 Souk Ahras's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 26 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 6.
Where Souk Ahras stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Souk Ahras: Critically low
7.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
22,934
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
71,314
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,569 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Souk Ahras lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Souk Ahras has lost about 1,210 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 36% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 13 hectares (1.1%) 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 south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,210 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 36%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 13 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 30 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 541 hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
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 | 32 ha | 33 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 31 ha | 31 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 17 ha | 18 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 33 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 77 ha | 79 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 20 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 60 ha | 62 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 72 ha | 72 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 49 ha | 49 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 114 ha | 114 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 541 ha | 541 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 33 ha | 33 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Souk Ahras?
- Wildfirescan grow back98% · 1,190 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, logging, towns and roads, mining and energy, 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
- 4,610 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,560 ha
- Overall change
- −52 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Souk Ahras stayed about the same size, at about 4,560 hectares: new forest grew on about 97 hectares, and about 148 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 Souk Ahras right now?
The latest reading for Souk Ahras shows an AQI of 39 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Souk Ahras today?
At AQI 39 (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 Souk Ahras been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Souk Ahras's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 26 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 46 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Souk Ahras lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Souk Ahras has lost about 1,210 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 36% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 13 hectares (1.1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 30 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Souk Ahras stayed about the same size, at about 4,560 hectares: new forest grew on about 97 hectares, and about 148 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Souk Ahras?
Souk Ahras has an estimated 22,934 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.3% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Souk Ahras need?
Souk Ahras needs roughly 71,314 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,569 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Souk Ahras'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 Souk Ahras; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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