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Touggourt Air quality today

Air quality in Touggourt currently reads AQI 42 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 42

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
8.0
tree cover
4.2%
trees in this area
13.2K
more trees needed
81.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around El Argoub, Touggourt, Algeria (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Touggourt · AQI 42 (Good)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 12, 2026

Touggourt's tree count comes to 13,195 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 81,053 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Touggourt today: AQI 42, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 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

8.0

PM10

23.9

NO₂

5.3

O₃

57.0

SO₂

1.4

CO

128.0

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 Touggourt's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 29 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 9.

Last 7 daysavg 39 · peak 56
Nov 4: AQI 42 (peak 54)Nov 5: AQI 32 (peak 38)Nov 6: AQI 42 (peak 51)Nov 7: AQI 29 (peak 34)Nov 8: AQI 33 (peak 36)Nov 9: AQI 51 (peak 56)Nov 10: AQI 43 (peak 52)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Touggourt stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Touggourt: Critically low

4.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

26 points below target

Trees in this area

13,195

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

81,053

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,783 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Touggourt lost?

There was almost no forest around Touggourt 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.

Satellite image of the area around Touggourt, September 2024

2024: satellite photo from September 2024 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
163 ha
Forest in 2020
203 ha
Overall change
+40 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Touggourt grew from about 163 hectares to 203 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 40 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 Touggourt right now?

The latest reading for Touggourt shows an AQI of 42 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 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 Touggourt today?

At AQI 42 (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 Touggourt been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Touggourt's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 29 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 56 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Touggourt lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Touggourt 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 Touggourt grew from about 163 hectares to 203 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 40 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.

What is the tree count in Touggourt?

Touggourt has an estimated 13,195 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.2% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Touggourt need?

Touggourt needs roughly 81,053 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,783 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Touggourt'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 El Argoub; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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