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Tunis Air quality today
Air quality in Tunis currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 69
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.4
- tree cover
- 12.4%
- trees in this area
- 39.0K
- more trees needed
- 55.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around El Omrane, Tunis, Tunisia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tunis · AQI 69 (Moderate)
Tunis's tree count comes to 38,956 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 55,292 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tunis today: AQI 69, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.4
PM10
39.6
NO₂
16.0
O₃
15.0
SO₂
13.7
CO
220.0
- 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 Tunis's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 44 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 11.
Where Tunis stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tunis: Critically low
12.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
38,956
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
55,292
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,216 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tunis lost?
There was very little forest around Tunis in 2000, about 92 hectares, and about 17 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2003, when about 3 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 | 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 | 1 ha | 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 Tunis?
- Wildfirescan grow back72% · 12 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.5% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 199 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 225 ha
- Overall change
- +26 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tunis grew from about 199 hectares to 225 hectares, a net gain of about 26 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 34 hectares, while 8 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tunis right now?
The latest reading for Tunis shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 08:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Tunis today?
At AQI 69 (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 Tunis been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tunis's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 44 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Tunis lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Tunis in 2000, about 92 hectares, and about 17 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 Tunis grew from about 199 hectares to 225 hectares, a net gain of about 26 hectares (+13%). New forest grew on about 34 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tunis?
Tunis has an estimated 38,956 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.4% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tunis need?
Tunis needs roughly 55,292 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,216 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tunis'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 Omrane; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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