City report · Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
Tétouan Air quality today
Air quality in Tétouan currently reads AQI 72 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 72
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.6
- tree cover
- 9.7%
- trees in this area
- 30.5K
- more trees needed
- 63.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tetouan, Morocco (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tétouan · AQI 72 (Moderate)
Tétouan's tree count comes to 30,473 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,774 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tétouan today: AQI 72, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Algeciras and Gibraltar
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.6
PM10
9.0
NO₂
3.5
O₃
49.0
SO₂
4.5
CO
120.0
- 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 Tétouan's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5.
Where Tétouan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tétouan: Critically low
9.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
30,473
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
63,774
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,403 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tétouan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tétouan has lost about 1,010 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 175 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,010 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 21%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 175 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 70 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 27 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 207 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 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 22 ha | 26 ha |
| 2007 | 16 ha | 59 ha | 75 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | 23 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 10 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 10 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 72 ha | 80 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 11 ha | 196 ha | 207 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | 32 ha | 41 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | 21 ha | 27 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 10 ha | 34 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | 27 ha | 33 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 93 ha | 104 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 21 ha | 25 ha |
| 2025 | 6 ha | 174 ha | 180 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tétouan?
- Wildfirescan grow back79% · 804 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good13% · 132 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.9% · 29 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
- 7,340 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,220 ha
- Overall change
- −119 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tétouan stayed about the same size, at about 7,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 73 hectares, and about 192 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Tétouan
What is the air quality (AQI) in Tétouan right now?
The latest reading for Tétouan shows an AQI of 72 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 225 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 Tétouan today?
At AQI 72 (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 Tétouan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tétouan's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 34 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tétouan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tétouan has lost about 1,010 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 21% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 175 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 70 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 27 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tétouan stayed about the same size, at about 7,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 73 hectares, and about 192 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tétouan?
Tétouan has an estimated 30,473 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 9.7% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tétouan need?
Tétouan needs roughly 63,774 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,403 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tétouan'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 Tetouan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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