City report · Shizuoka, Japan
Hamamatsu Air quality today
Air quality in Hamamatsu currently reads AQI 9 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 9
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.4
- tree cover
- 4.9%
- trees in this area
- 15.3K
- more trees needed
- 78.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sunayamacho, Chuo Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-0926, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hamamatsu · AQI 9 (Good)
Hamamatsu's tree count comes to 15,332 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,539 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hamamatsu today: AQI 9, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Matsumoto and Fuchu
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.4
PM10
7.5
NO₂
6.5
O₃
73.0
SO₂
3.6
CO
172.0
- 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 Hamamatsu's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 68 on Nov 6.
Where Hamamatsu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hamamatsu: Critically low
4.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
15,332
Target trees
93,871
More trees needed
78,539
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,728 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hamamatsu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hamamatsu has lost about 89 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 89 haabout 120 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 80 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 34 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 33 ha | 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Hamamatsu?
- Towns and roadscleared for good91% · 80 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown9.3% · 8 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
- 1,470 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,410 ha
- Overall change
- −57 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hamamatsu shrank from about 1,470 hectares to 1,410 hectares, a net loss of about 57 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 57 hectares, but 113 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 Hamamatsu right now?
The latest reading for Hamamatsu shows an AQI of 9 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Hamamatsu today?
At AQI 9 (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 Hamamatsu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hamamatsu's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 16 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 68 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 Hamamatsu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hamamatsu has lost about 89 hectares of forest (about 120 football pitches): 7.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hamamatsu shrank from about 1,470 hectares to 1,410 hectares, a net loss of about 57 hectares (−3.9%). New forest grew on about 57 hectares, but 113 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Hamamatsu?
Hamamatsu has an estimated 15,332 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 4.9% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hamamatsu need?
Hamamatsu needs roughly 78,539 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,728 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hamamatsu'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 Sunayamacho; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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