City report · Ibaraki, Japan
Chikusei Air quality today
Air quality in Chikusei currently reads AQI 10 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 10
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.9
- tree cover
- 5.7%
- trees in this area
- 17.9K
- more trees needed
- 76.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Inanobe, Chikusei, Ibaraki 308-0805, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chikusei · AQI 10 (Good)
Chikusei's tree count comes to 17,907 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,341 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chikusei today: AQI 10, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 16 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Noda and Inzai
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.9
PM10
8.7
NO₂
6.3
O₃
74.0
SO₂
4.3
CO
163.0
- 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 Chikusei's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 6.
Where Chikusei stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chikusei: Critically low
5.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
17,907
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
76,341
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,680 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chikusei lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chikusei has lost about 155 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 6.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 155 haabout 220 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 124 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 33 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Chikusei?
- Towns and roadscleared for good80% · 124 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.6% · 13 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown11% · 18 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
- 2,710 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,430 ha
- Overall change
- −276 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chikusei shrank from about 2,710 hectares to 2,430 hectares, a net loss of about 276 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 56 hectares, but 331 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 Chikusei right now?
The latest reading for Chikusei shows an AQI of 10 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chikusei today?
At AQI 10 (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 Chikusei been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chikusei's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 15 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 108 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chikusei lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chikusei has lost about 155 hectares of forest (about 220 football pitches): 6.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chikusei shrank from about 2,710 hectares to 2,430 hectares, a net loss of about 276 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 56 hectares, but 331 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chikusei?
Chikusei has an estimated 17,907 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.7% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chikusei need?
Chikusei needs roughly 76,341 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,680 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chikusei'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 Inanobe; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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