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Narashino Air quality today
Air quality in Narashino currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.3
- tree cover
- 11.0%
- trees in this area
- 34.6K
- more trees needed
- 59.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around 3 Chome-2 Motookubo, Narashino, Chiba 275-0012, Japan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Narashino · AQI 18 (Good)
Narashino's tree count comes to 34,558 trees across 12.57 km², 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 59,690 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Narashino today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:05 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · NASA GSFC Rutgers Calib. N6, 8.5 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.3
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Clarity
- 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 Narashino's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 34 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 123 on Nov 6.
Where Narashino stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Narashino: Critically low
11.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
34,558
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
59,690
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,313 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Narashino lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Narashino has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 31 haabout 43 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 24 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 4 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 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 Narashino?
- Towns and roadscleared for good76% · 24 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown24% · 7 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
- 2,340 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,300 ha
- Overall change
- −38 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Narashino stayed about the same size, at about 2,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 108 hectares, and about 145 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 Narashino right now?
The latest reading for Narashino shows an AQI of 18 (Good), measured Nov 12, 01:05 local time by the NASA GSFC Rutgers Calib. N6 ground monitoring station, 8.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Narashino 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 Narashino been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Narashino's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 34 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 123 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 Narashino lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Narashino has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Narashino stayed about the same size, at about 2,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 108 hectares, and about 145 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Narashino?
Narashino has an estimated 34,558 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.0% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Narashino need?
Narashino needs roughly 59,690 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,313 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Narashino's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near 3 Chome-2 Motookubo, 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 3 Chome-2 Motookubo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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