City report · Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
Tangier Air quality today
Air quality in Tangier currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 58
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.5
- tree cover
- 3.3%
- trees in this area
- 9.6K
- more trees needed
- 77.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Nzaha, Tanger 90060, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tangier · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Tangier's tree count comes to 9,559 trees across 11.59 km² of land, 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 77,338 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tangier today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Algeciras and Gibraltar
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.5
PM10
9.6
NO₂
3.1
O₃
50.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
121.0
- 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 Tangier's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 30 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8.
Where Tangier stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tangier: Critically low
3.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.59 km² of land.
Trees in this area
9,559
Target trees
86,897
More trees needed
77,338
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,701 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tangier lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tangier has lost about 610 hectares of forest (about 850 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 610 haabout 850 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 325 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 25 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 50 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 79 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 14 ha | 16 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | 16 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2007 | 29 ha | 13 ha | 42 ha |
| 2008 | 25 ha | 6 ha | 31 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2015 | 19 ha | 6 ha | 25 ha |
| 2016 | 54 ha | 25 ha | 79 ha |
| 2017 | 32 ha | 45 ha | 77 ha |
| 2018 | 18 ha | 30 ha | 48 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 21 ha | 33 ha |
| 2021 | 9 ha | 11 ha | 20 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 16 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 15 ha | 38 ha | 53 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tangier?
- Wildfirescan grow back45% · 276 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 228 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 96 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 3,280 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,090 ha
- Overall change
- −191 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tangier shrank from about 3,280 hectares to 3,090 hectares, a net loss of about 191 hectares (−5.8%). New forest grew on about 71 hectares, but 262 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Tangier
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Tétouan44.3 km
Morocco
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 60
- Algeciras51.4 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 28
- Gibraltar58.1 km
Gibraltar
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 58
- Larache71.5 km
Morocco
- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 60
- Ksar El Kebir85.8 km
Morocco
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 46
- Cadiz95.2 km
Spain
- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 55
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Questions about Tangier
What is the air quality (AQI) in Tangier right now?
The latest reading for Tangier shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 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 Tangier today?
At AQI 58 (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 Tangier been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tangier's daily AQI at 36 on average, from 30 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tangier lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tangier has lost about 610 hectares of forest (about 850 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 25 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 50 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tangier shrank from about 3,280 hectares to 3,090 hectares, a net loss of about 191 hectares (−5.8%). New forest grew on about 71 hectares, but 262 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tangier?
Tangier has an estimated 9,559 trees across the 11.59 km² of land measured — 3.3% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tangier need?
Tangier needs roughly 77,338 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,701 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tangier'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 Nzaha; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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