City report · Sharqia, Egypt
Zagazig Air quality today
Air quality in Zagazig currently reads AQI 91 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 91
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 34.0
- tree cover
- 5.0%
- trees in this area
- 15.7K
- more trees needed
- 78.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Second Zakazik, Zagazig 2, Al-Sharqia Governorate, Egypt (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zagazig · AQI 91 (Moderate)
Zagazig's tree count comes to 15,692 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,461 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zagazig today: AQI 91, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Obour and 10th of Ramadan City 1
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
34.0
PM10
13.6
NO₂
18.7
O₃
55.0
SO₂
8.7
CO
214.0
- 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 Zagazig's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 35 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 5.
Where Zagazig stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zagazig: Critically low
5.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
15,692
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
78,461
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,726 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zagazig lost?
There was very little forest around Zagazig in 2000, about 68 hectares, and about 4 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.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 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 | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 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 Zagazig?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.7% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown64% · 3 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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 Zagazig
What is the air quality (AQI) in Zagazig right now?
The latest reading for Zagazig shows an AQI of 91 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 45 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 Zagazig today?
At AQI 91 (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 Zagazig been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zagazig's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 35 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 105 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zagazig lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Zagazig in 2000, about 68 hectares, and about 4 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.
What is the tree count in Zagazig?
Zagazig has an estimated 15,692 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 5.0% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zagazig need?
Zagazig needs roughly 78,461 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,726 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zagazig'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 Second Zakazik; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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