City report · Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto Air quality today
Air quality in Kyoto currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 18
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.8
- tree cover
- 8.0%
- trees in this area
- 25.1K
- more trees needed
- 69.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chojiburocho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, 602-8054, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kyoto · AQI 18 (Good)
Kyoto's tree count comes to 25,108 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 69,046 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kyoto today: AQI 18, 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
2.8
PM10
3.9
NO₂
2.1
O₃
87.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
186.0
- 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 Kyoto's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 5.
Where Kyoto stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kyoto: Critically low
8.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
25,108
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
69,046
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,519 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kyoto lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyoto has lost about 309 hectares of forest (about 430 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 57 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 309 haabout 430 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 57 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 41 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 | 9 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 8 ha | 8 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 19 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 20 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 11 ha | 11 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 15 ha | 17 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 14 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 15 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 30 ha | 31 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 29 ha | 41 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 19 ha | 21 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 6 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kyoto?
- Loggingcan grow back77% · 239 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good18% · 56 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.3% · 13 ha
Also: mining and energy.
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
- 16,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,200 ha
- Overall change
- −67 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyoto stayed about the same size, at about 16,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 42 hectares, and about 110 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 Kyoto right now?
The latest reading for Kyoto shows an AQI of 18 (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 Kyoto today?
At AQI 18 (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 Kyoto been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kyoto's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 23 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Kyoto lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyoto has lost about 309 hectares of forest (about 430 football pitches): 2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 57 hectares (18%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyoto stayed about the same size, at about 16,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 42 hectares, and about 110 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kyoto?
Kyoto has an estimated 25,108 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 8.0% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kyoto need?
Kyoto needs roughly 69,046 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,519 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kyoto'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 Chojiburocho; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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