City report · Tokat Province, Turkey
Turhal Air quality today
Air quality in Turhal currently reads AQI 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 118
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.1
- tree cover
- 11.2%
- trees in this area
- 35.2K
- more trees needed
- 74.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Turhal, Tokat, Türkiye (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Turhal · AQI 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Turhal's tree count comes to 35,186 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,770 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Turhal today: AQI 118, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Turhal, Turkey, 300 m away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
13.1
PM10
189.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Turkey National Air Quality Monitoring Network (Ulusal Hava Kalitesi İzleme Ağı)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Turhal's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 4.
Where Turhal stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Turhal: Critically low
11.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
35,186
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
74,770
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,645 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Turhal lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Turhal has lost about 69 hectares of forest (about 96 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (47%), after which forest can grow back. About 23 hectares (33%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 69 haabout 96 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 23 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 13 hectares 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 | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Turhal?
- Loggingcan grow back47% · 32 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 19 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back8.1% · 6 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 5,410 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,820 ha
- Overall change
- +406 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Turhal grew from about 5,410 hectares to 5,820 hectares, a net gain of about 406 hectares (+7.5%). New forest grew on about 443 hectares, while 38 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 Turhal right now?
The latest reading for Turhal shows an AQI of 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Turhal, Turkey ground monitoring station, 300 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM10. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Turhal today?
At AQI 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Turhal been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Turhal's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 72 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 Turhal lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Turhal has lost about 69 hectares of forest (about 96 football pitches): 2.9% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (47%), after which forest can grow back. About 23 hectares (33%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Turhal grew from about 5,410 hectares to 5,820 hectares, a net gain of about 406 hectares (+7.5%). New forest grew on about 443 hectares, while 38 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Turhal?
Turhal has an estimated 35,186 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.2% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Turhal need?
Turhal needs roughly 74,770 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,645 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Turhal's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Turhal, 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 Turhal; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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