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Nagoya Air quality today

Air quality in Nagoya currently reads AQI 22 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 22

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
3.7
tree cover
9.0%
trees in this area
26.5K
more trees needed
61.8K

Measured across a 2 km radius around 3 Chome-1 Sannomaru, Naka Ward, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0001, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Aug 24, 2026

Nagoya's tree count comes to 26,493 trees across 11.78 km² of land, 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,817 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Nagoya today: AQI 22, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Matsumoto and Fuchu

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

3.7

PM10

9.8

NO₂

15.1

O₃

43.0

SO₂

7.0

CO

236.0

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 Nagoya's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 31 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 89 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 48 · peak 89
Nov 5: AQI 56 (peak 89)Nov 6: AQI 54 (peak 89)Nov 7: AQI 31 (peak 51)Nov 8: AQI 44 (peak 78)Nov 9: AQI 67 (peak 77)Nov 10: AQI 40 (peak 63)Nov 11: AQI 42 (peak 53)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Nagoya: Critically low

9.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.78 km² of land.

21 points below target

Trees in this area

26,493

Target trees

88,310

More trees needed

61,817

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,360 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Nagoya lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nagoya has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (69%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.

Satellite image of the area around Nagoya, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
9 haabout 13 football pitches
Share of its forest
1.4%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2010, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Nagoya, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Nagoya, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.1.5

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Forest lost each year around Nagoya, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 ha1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20081 haunder 1 ha1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 ha1 ha
20101 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Nagoya?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good67% · 6 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown33% · 3 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
956 ha
Forest in 2020
964 ha
Overall change
+8 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nagoya stayed about the same size, at about 964 hectares: new forest grew on about 35 hectares, and about 27 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 Nagoya right now?

The latest reading for Nagoya shows an AQI of 22 (Good), observed Nov 11, 09:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Nagoya today?

At AQI 22 (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 Nagoya been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nagoya's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 31 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 89 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 Nagoya lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nagoya has lost about 9 hectares of forest (about 13 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (69%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nagoya stayed about the same size, at about 964 hectares: new forest grew on about 35 hectares, and about 27 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Nagoya?

Nagoya has an estimated 26,493 trees across the 11.78 km² of land measured — 9.0% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Nagoya need?

Nagoya needs roughly 61,817 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,360 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Nagoya'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 3 Chome-1 Sannomaru; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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