City report · Aomori, Japan
Aomori Air quality today
Air quality in Aomori currently reads AQI 13 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 13
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.6
- tree cover
- 2.7%
- trees in this area
- 8.3K
- more trees needed
- 83.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 2 Chome-14 Kitakanazawa, Aomori, 030-0855, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Aomori · AQI 13 (Good)
Aomori's tree count comes to 8,262 trees across 12.24 km² of land, 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 83,536 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Aomori today: AQI 13, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Hachinohe and Tomakomai
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.6
PM10
2.5
NO₂
1.9
O₃
80.0
SO₂
0.6
CO
137.0
- 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 Aomori's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5.
Where Aomori stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Aomori: Critically low
2.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.24 km² of land.
Trees in this area
8,262
Target trees
91,798
More trees needed
83,536
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,838 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Aomori lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Aomori has lost about 1,510 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 180 hectares (12%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,510 haabout 2,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 180 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 92 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 134 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 | 71 ha | 76 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | 47 ha | 53 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 27 ha | 29 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 76 ha | 87 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 26 ha | 31 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 38 ha | 38 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 52 ha | 61 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | 39 ha | 52 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 45 ha | 50 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 63 ha | 65 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 81 ha | 87 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 53 ha | 64 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 20 ha | 22 ha |
| 2014 | 6 ha | 34 ha | 41 ha |
| 2015 | 13 ha | 41 ha | 54 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 47 ha | 48 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 40 ha | 40 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 30 ha | 31 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 51 ha | 54 ha |
| 2020 | 10 ha | 62 ha | 72 ha |
| 2021 | 41 ha | 87 ha | 128 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 124 ha | 134 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 56 ha | 59 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 65 ha | 75 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 57 ha | 62 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Aomori?
- Loggingcan grow back88% · 1,330 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.1% · 122 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.6% · 55 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, unknown causes.
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
- 11,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,500 ha
- Overall change
- −42 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Aomori stayed about the same size, at about 11,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 419 hectares, and about 461 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 Aomori right now?
The latest reading for Aomori shows an AQI of 13 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Aomori today?
At AQI 13 (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 Aomori been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Aomori's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 21 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Aomori lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Aomori has lost about 1,510 hectares of forest (about 2,100 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 180 hectares (12%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 92 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 49 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Aomori stayed about the same size, at about 11,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 419 hectares, and about 461 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Aomori?
Aomori has an estimated 8,262 trees across the 12.24 km² of land measured — 2.7% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Aomori need?
Aomori needs roughly 83,536 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,838 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Aomori'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 2 Chome-14 Kitakanazawa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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