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Sumgayit Air quality today
Air quality in Sumgayit currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 68
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 20.8
- tree cover
- 15.5%
- trees in this area
- 45.9K
- more trees needed
- 42.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 16th Block, Sumqayit 5000, Azerbaijan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sumgayit · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Sumgayit's tree count comes to 45,870 trees across 11.84 km² of land, 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,911 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sumgayit today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Khirdalan and Baku
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
20.8
PM10
6.3
NO₂
6.4
O₃
69.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
122.0
- 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 Sumgayit's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 8 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4.
Where Sumgayit stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sumgayit: Critically low
15.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.84 km² of land.
Trees in this area
45,870
Target trees
88,781
More trees needed
42,911
CO₂ if planted / yr
944.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sumgayit lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sumgayit has lost about 34 hectares of forest (about 47 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 34 haabout 47 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 28 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 11 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Sumgayit?
- Towns and roadscleared for good69% · 23 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 5 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back4.2% · 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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 Sumgayit
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Pārsābād182.0 km
Iran
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 94
- Derbent200.6 km
Russia
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 52
- Mingachevir220.6 km
Azerbaijan
- Tree cover
- 29%
- Air quality
- 80
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Sumgayit right now?
The latest reading for Sumgayit shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 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 Sumgayit today?
At AQI 68 (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 Sumgayit been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sumgayit's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 8 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 79 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sumgayit lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sumgayit has lost about 34 hectares of forest (about 47 football pitches): 6.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
What is the tree count in Sumgayit?
Sumgayit has an estimated 45,870 trees across the 11.84 km² of land measured — 15.5% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sumgayit need?
Sumgayit needs roughly 42,911 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 944.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sumgayit'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 16th Block; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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