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Matsuyama Air quality today
Air quality in Matsuyama currently reads AQI 31 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 31
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.5
- tree cover
- 8.1%
- trees in this area
- 25.4K
- more trees needed
- 68.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 4 Chome Nibancho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-0002, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Matsuyama · AQI 31 (Good)
Matsuyama's tree count comes to 25,421 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 22 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 68,732 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Matsuyama today: AQI 31, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via OpenAQ and World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Matsuyama (松山), 0 m away · median of 8 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.5
PM10
7.6
NO₂
5.6
O₃
—
SO₂
0.0
CO
229.1
Data: OpenAQ · Ministry of the Environment Air Pollutant Wide Area Monitoring System, World Air Quality Index Project, Japan Atmospheric Environmental Regional Observation System (環境省大気汚染物質広域監視システム)
- 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 Matsuyama's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 on Nov 6.
Where Matsuyama stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Matsuyama: Critically low
8.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
25,421
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
68,732
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,512 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Matsuyama lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Matsuyama has lost about 136 hectares of forest (about 190 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (60%) 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
- 136 haabout 190 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 81 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 14 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 ha | 7 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Matsuyama?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 63 ha
- Loggingcan grow back27% · 37 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good7.4% · 10 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 10,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,200 ha
- Overall change
- +24 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Matsuyama stayed about the same size, at about 10,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 105 hectares, and about 81 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 Matsuyama right now?
The latest reading for Matsuyama shows an AQI of 31 (Good), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by 8 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Matsuyama (松山), 0 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Matsuyama 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 Matsuyama been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Matsuyama's daily AQI at 39 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 69 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 Matsuyama lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Matsuyama has lost about 136 hectares of forest (about 190 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (60%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Matsuyama stayed about the same size, at about 10,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 105 hectares, and about 81 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Matsuyama?
Matsuyama has an estimated 25,421 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 8.1% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Matsuyama need?
Matsuyama needs roughly 68,732 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,512 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Matsuyama's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near 4 Chome Nibancho, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 4 Chome Nibancho; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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