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City report · Markazi, Iran

Arāk Air quality today

Air quality in Arāk currently reads AQI 27 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

AQI 27

Air quality right now

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
3.0
tree cover
3.8%
trees in this area
11.9K
more trees needed
82.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Bazar, Arak, Markazi Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 26, 2026

Arāk's tree count comes to 11,938 trees across 12.57 km², 26 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 82,310 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Arāk today: AQI 27, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

3.0

PM10

4.9

NO₂

2.7

O₃

104.0

SO₂

11.7

CO

214.0

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 Arāk's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 11.

Last 7 daysavg 48 · peak 85
Nov 5: AQI 43 (peak 62)Nov 6: AQI 61 (peak 68)Nov 7: AQI 51 (peak 77)Nov 8: AQI 27 (peak 42)Nov 9: AQI 34 (peak 52)Nov 10: AQI 49 (peak 74)Nov 11: AQI 70 (peak 85)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Arāk: Critically low

3.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

26 points below target

Trees in this area

11,938

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

82,310

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,811 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Arāk lost?

There was almost no forest around Arāk 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 Arāk, 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 Arāk

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

The latest reading for Arāk shows an AQI of 27 (Good), observed Nov 11, 13:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Arāk today?

At AQI 27 (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 Arāk been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Arāk's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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

There was almost no forest around Arāk 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 Arāk?

Arāk has an estimated 11,938 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.8% tree cover, 26 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Arāk need?

Arāk needs roughly 82,310 more trees to close a 26-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,811 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Arāk'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 Bazar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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