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Pākdasht Air quality today

Air quality in Pākdasht currently reads AQI 73 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 73

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
17.4
tree cover
2.1%
trees in this area
6.6K
more trees needed
87.7K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Mamazand, Tehran Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Pākdasht · AQI 73 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Pākdasht's tree count comes to 6,597 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 87,650 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Pākdasht today: AQI 73, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

17.4

PM10

31.0

NO₂

25.9

O₃

75.0

SO₂

22.6

CO

138.0

Outdoor exercise
Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
Windows
Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
Mask
Not needed for most people
Air purifier
Worth running if you are sensitive

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pākdasht's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 64 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 172 on Nov 10.

Last 7 daysavg 93 · peak 172
Nov 5: AQI 97 (peak 130)Nov 6: AQI 91 (peak 125)Nov 7: AQI 78 (peak 94)Nov 8: AQI 64 (peak 103)Nov 9: AQI 87 (peak 144)Nov 10: AQI 108 (peak 172)Nov 11: AQI 126 (peak 160)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Pākdasht stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Pākdasht: Critically low

2.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

28 points below target

Trees in this area

6,597

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

87,650

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,928 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Pākdasht lost?

There was almost no forest around Pākdasht in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Pākdasht, August 2017

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

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pākdasht right now?

The latest reading for Pākdasht shows an AQI of 73 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Pākdasht today?

At AQI 73 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Pākdasht been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pākdasht's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 64 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 172 on Nov 10. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Pākdasht lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Pākdasht in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Pākdasht?

Pākdasht has an estimated 6,597 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.1% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Pākdasht need?

Pākdasht needs roughly 87,650 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,928 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Pākdasht'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 Mamazand; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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