City report · East Azerbaijan, Iran
Marand Air quality today
Air quality in Marand currently reads AQI 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 114
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 41.5
- tree cover
- 3.7%
- trees in this area
- 11.6K
- more trees needed
- 98.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Marand, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Marand · AQI 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Marand's tree count comes to 11,624 trees across 12.57 km², 31 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 98,332 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Marand today: AQI 114, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Yerevan and Hrazdan
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
41.5
PM10
17.3
NO₂
12.8
O₃
55.0
SO₂
2.1
CO
210.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Marand's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 21 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 64 on Nov 5.
Where Marand stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Marand: Critically low
3.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
11,624
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
98,332
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,163 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Marand lost?
There was very little forest around Marand in 2000, about 62 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Marand?
- Towns and roadscleared for good57% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown36% · under 1 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
- 201 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 236 ha
- Overall change
- +35 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Marand grew from about 201 hectares to 236 hectares, a net gain of about 35 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 46 hectares, while 12 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 Marand right now?
The latest reading for Marand shows an AQI of 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 07:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Marand today?
At AQI 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Marand been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Marand's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 21 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 64 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 Marand lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Marand in 2000, about 62 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Marand grew from about 201 hectares to 236 hectares, a net gain of about 35 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 46 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Marand?
Marand has an estimated 11,624 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.7% tree cover, 31 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Marand need?
Marand needs roughly 98,332 more trees to close a 31-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,163 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Marand'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 Marand; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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