City report · Lorestan Province, Iran
Borūjerd Air quality today
Air quality in Borūjerd currently reads AQI 57 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 57
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.0
- tree cover
- 6.9%
- trees in this area
- 21.7K
- more trees needed
- 72.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Borujerd, Lorestan 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.
Borūjerd · AQI 57 (Moderate)
Borūjerd's tree count comes to 21,677 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 72,571 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Borūjerd today: AQI 57, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:30 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
14.0
PM10
16.9
NO₂
66.2
O₃
11.0
SO₂
13.7
CO
281.0
- 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 Borūjerd's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 44 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 10.
Where Borūjerd stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Borūjerd: Critically low
6.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
21,677
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
72,571
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,597 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Borūjerd lost?
There was almost no forest around Borūjerd 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
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Borūjerd right now?
The latest reading for Borūjerd shows an AQI of 57 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 21:30 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 Borūjerd today?
At AQI 57 (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 Borūjerd been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Borūjerd's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 44 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 86 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Borūjerd lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Borūjerd 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 Borūjerd?
Borūjerd has an estimated 21,677 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.9% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Borūjerd need?
Borūjerd needs roughly 72,571 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,597 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Borūjerd'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 Borujerd; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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