City report · Lebanon
Tyre Air quality today
Air quality in Tyre currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 46
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.3
- tree cover
- 13.8%
- trees in this area
- 7.8K
- more trees needed
- 9.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tyre, Lebanon (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tyre · AQI 46 (Good)
Tyre's tree count comes to 7,804 trees across 2.26 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,161 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tyre today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · LRC_TYR, 2.4 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.3
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, AWAIR
- 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 Tyre's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 9.
Where Tyre stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Tyre: Critically low
13.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 2.26 km² of land.
Trees in this area
7,804
Target trees
16,965
More trees needed
9,161
CO₂ if planted / yr
201.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tyre lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tyre has lost about 120 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 120 haabout 170 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 118 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 22 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2025 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tyre?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good82% · 98 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 20 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.9% · 2 ha
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
- 399 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 313 ha
- Overall change
- −86 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tyre shrank from about 399 hectares to 313 hectares, a net loss of about 86 hectares (−22%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 100 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Haifa54.3 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Zahlé91.5 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
- 27
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tyre right now?
The latest reading for Tyre shows an AQI of 46 (Good), measured Nov 11, 17:00 local time by the LRC_TYR ground monitoring station, 2.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tyre today?
At AQI 46 (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 Tyre been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tyre's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 23 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 63 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 Tyre lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tyre has lost about 120 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): 9.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tyre shrank from about 399 hectares to 313 hectares, a net loss of about 86 hectares (−22%). New forest grew on about 13 hectares, but 100 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tyre?
Tyre has an estimated 7,804 trees across the 2.26 km² of land measured — 13.8% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tyre need?
Tyre needs roughly 9,161 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 201.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tyre's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Tyre, 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 Tyre; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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