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Tripoli Air quality today
Air quality in Tripoli currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 47
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.9
- tree cover
- 3.1%
- trees in this area
- 8.6K
- more trees needed
- 74.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tripoli, Libya (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tripoli · AQI 47 (Good)
Tripoli's tree count comes to 8,551 trees across 11.04 km² of land, 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,199 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tripoli today: AQI 47, 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
9.9
PM10
25.3
NO₂
24.6
O₃
59.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
599.0
- 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 Tripoli's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 6.
Where Tripoli stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tripoli: Critically low
3.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
8,551
Target trees
82,750
More trees needed
74,199
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,632 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tripoli lost?
There was very little forest around Tripoli in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 3 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.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 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 | 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 | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tripoli?
- Towns and roadscleared for good68% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown32% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Tripoli
What is the air quality (AQI) in Tripoli right now?
The latest reading for Tripoli shows an AQI of 47 (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 Tripoli today?
At AQI 47 (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 Tripoli been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tripoli's daily AQI at 37 on average, from 26 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 55 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tripoli lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Tripoli in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 3 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.
What is the tree count in Tripoli?
Tripoli has an estimated 8,551 trees across the 11.04 km² of land measured — 3.1% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tripoli need?
Tripoli needs roughly 74,199 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,632 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tripoli'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 Tripoli; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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