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Trabzon Air quality today
Air quality in Trabzon currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 66
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.9
- tree cover
- 22.1%
- trees in this area
- 37.7K
- more trees needed
- 13.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Trabzon, Ortahisar/Trabzon, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Trabzon · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Trabzon's tree count comes to 37,700 trees across 6.83 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 13,476 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Trabzon today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Trabzon (Meydan), Turkey, 400 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.9
PM10
24.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- 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 Trabzon's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 4.
Where Trabzon stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Trabzon: Below target
22.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.83 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,700
Target trees
51,176
More trees needed
13,476
CO₂ if planted / yr
296.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Trabzon lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Trabzon has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 92 haabout 130 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 77 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 19 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Trabzon?
- Towns and roadscleared for good78% · 72 ha
- Loggingcan grow back4.5% · 4 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good4.3% · 4 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 7,970 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,800 ha
- Overall change
- −172 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Trabzon shrank from about 7,970 hectares to 7,800 hectares, a net loss of about 172 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 21 hectares, but 194 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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Questions about Trabzon
What is the air quality (AQI) in Trabzon right now?
The latest reading for Trabzon shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Trabzon (Meydan), Turkey, 400 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Trabzon today?
At AQI 66 (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 Trabzon been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Trabzon's daily AQI at 26 on average, from 11 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 62 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 Trabzon lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Trabzon has lost about 92 hectares of forest (about 130 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Trabzon shrank from about 7,970 hectares to 7,800 hectares, a net loss of about 172 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 21 hectares, but 194 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Trabzon?
Trabzon has an estimated 37,700 trees across the 6.83 km² of land measured — 22.1% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Trabzon need?
Trabzon needs roughly 13,476 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 296.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Trabzon's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Trabzon, 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 Trabzon; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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