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Tel Aviv Air quality today
Air quality in Tel Aviv currently reads AQI 65 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 65
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.4
- tree cover
- 13.2%
- trees in this area
- 36.2K
- more trees needed
- 46.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tel Aviv · AQI 65 (Moderate)
Tel Aviv's tree count comes to 36,202 trees across 10.97 km² of land, 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 46,076 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tel Aviv today: AQI 65, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · The Peace Train - Gush Dan, Israel (ישראל,רכבת השלום, גוש דן), 1.5 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.4
PM10
50.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection
- 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 Tel Aviv's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 28 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 4.
Where Tel Aviv stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tel Aviv: Critically low
13.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.97 km² of land.
Trees in this area
36,202
Target trees
82,278
More trees needed
46,076
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,014 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tel Aviv lost?
There was very little forest around Tel Aviv in 2000, about 63 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2018: satellite photo from July 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tel Aviv?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good77% · 5 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown22% · 1 ha
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
- 201 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 218 ha
- Overall change
- +17 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tel Aviv grew from about 201 hectares to 218 hectares, a net gain of about 17 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 35 hectares, while 19 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Ashdod34.4 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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- Bet Shemesh43.8 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tel Aviv right now?
The latest reading for Tel Aviv shows an AQI of 65 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is The Peace Train - Gush Dan, Israel (ישראל,רכבת השלום, גוש דן), 1.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tel Aviv today?
At AQI 65 (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 Tel Aviv been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tel Aviv's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 28 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 70 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 Tel Aviv lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Tel Aviv in 2000, about 63 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost 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 Tel Aviv grew from about 201 hectares to 218 hectares, a net gain of about 17 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 35 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tel Aviv?
Tel Aviv has an estimated 36,202 trees across the 10.97 km² of land measured — 13.2% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tel Aviv need?
Tel Aviv needs roughly 46,076 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,014 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tel Aviv's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Tel Aviv-Yafo, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Tel Aviv-Yafo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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