City report · Erbil, Iraq
Xebat Air quality today
Air quality in Xebat currently reads AQI 81 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 81
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.4
- tree cover
- 1.4%
- trees in this area
- 4.2K
- more trees needed
- 86.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Khabat, Erbil Governorate, Iraq (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xebat · AQI 81 (Moderate)
Xebat's tree count comes to 4,244 trees across 12.13 km² of land, 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 86,705 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xebat today: AQI 81, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Silopi and Sulaymaniyah
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
23.4
PM10
7.3
NO₂
39.4
O₃
8.0
SO₂
7.2
CO
565.0
- 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 Xebat's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 33 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 6.
Where Xebat stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xebat: Critically low
1.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.13 km² of land.
Trees in this area
4,244
Target trees
90,949
More trees needed
86,705
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,908 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xebat lost?
There was almost no forest around Xebat 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.
2017: satellite photo from August 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Xebat
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Erbil31.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 62
- Baḥarkah32.9 km
Iraq
- Tree cover
- 0%
- Air quality
- 78
- Khasnahzān43.2 km
Iraq
- Tree cover
- 0%
- Air quality
- 65
- 51.0 km
- Tree cover
- 0%
- Air quality
- 79
- 'Ākra54.0 km
Iraq
- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 56
- Dihok89.4 km
Iraq
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 23
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Xebat right now?
The latest reading for Xebat shows an AQI of 81 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, 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 Xebat today?
At AQI 81 (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 Xebat been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xebat's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 33 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 74 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 Xebat lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Xebat 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 Xebat?
Xebat has an estimated 4,244 trees across the 12.13 km² of land measured — 1.4% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xebat need?
Xebat needs roughly 86,705 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,908 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xebat'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 Khabat; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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