City report · Hokkaido, Japan
Kushiro Air quality today
Air quality in Kushiro currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.2
- tree cover
- 8.7%
- trees in this area
- 11.7K
- more trees needed
- 28.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 8 Chome-1 Minamiodori, Kushiro, Hokkaido 085-0841, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kushiro · AQI 7 (Good)
Kushiro's tree count comes to 11,725 trees across 5.39 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 28,707 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kushiro today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Asahikawa and Tomakomai
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.2
PM10
3.4
NO₂
0.5
O₃
78.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
115.0
- 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 Kushiro's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5.
Where Kushiro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kushiro: Critically low
8.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 5.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
11,725
Target trees
40,432
More trees needed
28,707
CO₂ if planted / yr
631.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kushiro lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kushiro has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (12%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 107 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, when about 26 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 24 ha | 26 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kushiro?
- Loggingcan grow back87% · 94 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.8% · 6 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3.5% · 4 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 2,290 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,440 ha
- Overall change
- +147 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kushiro grew from about 2,290 hectares to 2,440 hectares, a net gain of about 147 hectares (+6.4%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, while 139 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 Kushiro right now?
The latest reading for Kushiro shows an AQI of 7 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kushiro today?
At AQI 7 (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 Kushiro been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kushiro's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 13 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 58 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kushiro lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kushiro has lost about 107 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (12%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kushiro grew from about 2,290 hectares to 2,440 hectares, a net gain of about 147 hectares (+6.4%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, while 139 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kushiro?
Kushiro has an estimated 11,725 trees across the 5.39 km² of land measured — 8.7% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kushiro need?
Kushiro needs roughly 28,707 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 631.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kushiro'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 8 Chome-1 Minamiodori; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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