City report · Hokkaido, Japan
Ebetsu Air quality today
Air quality in Ebetsu currently reads AQI 33 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 33
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.0
- tree cover
- 17.3%
- trees in this area
- 49.9K
- more trees needed
- 36.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ichibancho, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 067-0072, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ebetsu · AQI 33 (Good)
Ebetsu's tree count comes to 49,947 trees across 11.55 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,666 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ebetsu today: AQI 33, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via OpenAQ and World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Atsubetsuchuo 2 Jo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (厚別札幌市厚別区), 10.6 km away · median of 12 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.0
PM10
10.2
NO₂
21.6
O₃
—
SO₂
0.0
CO
343.7
Data: OpenAQ · Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System, World Air Quality Index Project, Japan Atmospheric Environmental Regional Observation System (環境省大気汚染物質広域監視システム), Sapporo atmospheric environment observation data breaking system (札幌市大気環境観測データ速報システム)
- 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 Ebetsu's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 20 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 57 on Nov 10.
Where Ebetsu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ebetsu: Critically low
17.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.55 km² of land.
Trees in this area
49,947
Target trees
86,613
More trees needed
36,666
CO₂ if planted / yr
806.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ebetsu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ebetsu has lost about 77 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 77 haabout 110 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 27 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 26 ha | 27 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 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 Ebetsu?
- Loggingcan grow back80% · 61 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · 8 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6% · 5 ha
Also: 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
- 2,450 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,490 ha
- Overall change
- +44 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ebetsu stayed about the same size, at about 2,490 hectares: new forest grew on about 115 hectares, and about 71 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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Questions about Ebetsu
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ebetsu right now?
The latest reading for Ebetsu shows an AQI of 33 (Good), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by 12 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Atsubetsuchuo 2 Jo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (厚別札幌市厚別区), 10.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ebetsu today?
At AQI 33 (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 Ebetsu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ebetsu's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 20 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 57 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 Ebetsu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ebetsu has lost about 77 hectares of forest (about 110 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (16%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ebetsu stayed about the same size, at about 2,490 hectares: new forest grew on about 115 hectares, and about 71 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ebetsu?
Ebetsu has an estimated 49,947 trees across the 11.55 km² of land measured — 17.3% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ebetsu need?
Ebetsu needs roughly 36,666 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 806.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ebetsu's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ichibancho, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Ichibancho; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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