City report · East Azerbaijan, Iran
Ahar Air quality today
Air quality in Ahar currently reads AQI 76 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 76
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.4
- tree cover
- 3.3%
- trees in this area
- 10.4K
- more trees needed
- 83.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ahar, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ahar · AQI 76 (Moderate)
Ahar's tree count comes to 10,367 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,881 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ahar today: AQI 76, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:30 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
23.4
PM10
27.0
NO₂
71.8
O₃
9.0
SO₂
6.3
CO
525.0
- 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 Ahar's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 4.
Where Ahar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ahar: Critically low
3.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
10,367
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
83,881
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,845 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ahar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ahar has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1 ha
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 Ahar?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown20% · under 1 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
- 85 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 160 ha
- Overall change
- +75 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ahar grew from about 85 hectares to 160 hectares, a net gain of about 75 hectares. New forest grew on about 87 hectares, while 12 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 Ahar right now?
The latest reading for Ahar shows an AQI of 76 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 20:30 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 Ahar today?
At AQI 76 (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 Ahar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ahar's daily AQI at 43 on average, from 20 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 83 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 Ahar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ahar has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (70%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ahar grew from about 85 hectares to 160 hectares, a net gain of about 75 hectares. New forest grew on about 87 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ahar?
Ahar has an estimated 10,367 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.3% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ahar need?
Ahar needs roughly 83,881 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,845 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ahar'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 Ahar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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