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Kochi Air quality today
Air quality in Kochi currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 31
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.6
- tree cover
- 25.7%
- trees in this area
- 79.1K
- more trees needed
- 13.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Koishigicho, Kochi, 780-8032, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kochi · AQI 31 (Good)
Kochi's tree count comes to 79,124 trees across 12.32 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 13,239 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kochi today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 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
4.6
PM10
6.3
NO₂
6.5
O₃
68.0
SO₂
3.7
CO
130.0
- 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 Kochi's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 67 on Nov 6.
Where Kochi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kochi: Below target
25.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.32 km² of land.
Trees in this area
79,124
Target trees
92,363
More trees needed
13,239
CO₂ if planted / yr
291.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kochi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kochi has lost about 297 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) 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
- 297 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 246 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 28 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2004 | 11 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | 3 ha | 16 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | 5 ha | 19 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 17 ha | 6 ha | 23 ha |
| 2016 | 25 ha | 3 ha | 28 ha |
| 2017 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 4 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kochi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good68% · 203 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good14% · 42 ha
- Loggingcan grow back12% · 35 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
- 14,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,500 ha
- Overall change
- −91 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kochi stayed about the same size, at about 14,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 131 hectares, and about 222 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 Kochi right now?
The latest reading for Kochi shows an AQI of 31 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 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 Kochi today?
At AQI 31 (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 Kochi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kochi's daily AQI at 33 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 67 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 Kochi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kochi has lost about 297 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kochi stayed about the same size, at about 14,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 131 hectares, and about 222 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kochi?
Kochi has an estimated 79,124 trees across the 12.32 km² of land measured — 25.7% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kochi need?
Kochi needs roughly 13,239 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 291.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kochi'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 Koishigicho; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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