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City report · Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Unaizah Air quality today

Air quality in Unaizah currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 60

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
13.5
tree cover
1.0%
trees in this area
3.1K
more trees needed
91.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Alashrafiyyah, Unaizah 56438, Saudi Arabia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Unaizah · AQI 60 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Unaizah's tree count comes to 3,142 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 91,106 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Unaizah today: AQI 60, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:00 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

13.5

PM10

49.6

NO₂

2.9

O₃

92.0

SO₂

4.4

CO

140.0

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 Unaizah's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 51 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 203 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 121 · peak 203
Nov 5: AQI 118 (peak 146)Nov 6: AQI 143 (peak 170)Nov 7: AQI 182 (peak 203)Nov 8: AQI 106 (peak 155)Nov 9: AQI 119 (peak 131)Nov 10: AQI 127 (peak 154)Nov 11: AQI 51 (peak 67)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Unaizah stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Unaizah: Critically low

1.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

29 points below target

Trees in this area

3,142

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

91,106

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,004 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Unaizah lost?

There was almost no forest around Unaizah in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Unaizah, June 2017

2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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 Unaizah

What is the air quality (AQI) in Unaizah right now?

The latest reading for Unaizah shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 14:00 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 Unaizah today?

At AQI 60 (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 Unaizah been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Unaizah's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 51 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 203 on Nov 7. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Unaizah lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Unaizah in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Unaizah?

Unaizah has an estimated 3,142 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.0% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Unaizah need?

Unaizah needs roughly 91,106 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 2,004 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Unaizah'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 Alashrafiyyah; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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