City report · Yemen
Taiz Air quality today
Air quality in Taiz currently reads AQI 32 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 32
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.3
- tree cover
- 6.7%
- trees in this area
- 21.0K
- more trees needed
- 73.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Taizz, Yemen (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Taiz · AQI 32 (Good)
Taiz's tree count comes to 21,049 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,199 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Taiz today: AQI 32, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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
6.3
PM10
11.6
NO₂
0.3
O₃
79.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
159.0
- 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 Taiz's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 37 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 192 on Nov 7.
Where Taiz stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Taiz: Critically low
6.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,049
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
73,199
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,610 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Taiz lost?
There was almost no forest around Taiz in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,110 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,150 ha
- Overall change
- +49 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Taiz grew from about 2,110 hectares to 2,150 hectares, a net gain of about 49 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 50 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Taiz right now?
The latest reading for Taiz shows an AQI of 32 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Taiz today?
At AQI 32 (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 Taiz been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Taiz's daily AQI at 87 on average, from 37 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 192 on Nov 7. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Taiz lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Taiz in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Taiz grew from about 2,110 hectares to 2,150 hectares, a net gain of about 49 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 50 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Taiz?
Taiz has an estimated 21,049 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.7% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Taiz need?
Taiz needs roughly 73,199 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,610 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Taiz'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 Taizz; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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