City report · Ardabil Province, Iran
Pārsābād Air quality today
Air quality in Pārsābād currently reads AQI 94 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 94
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.2
- tree cover
- 5.5%
- trees in this area
- 17.3K
- more trees needed
- 77.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Parsabad, Ardabil 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.
Pārsābād · AQI 94 (Moderate)
Pārsābād's tree count comes to 17,279 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 76,969 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pārsābād today: AQI 94, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Khirdalan and Baku
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
37.2
PM10
11.7
NO₂
4.8
O₃
45.0
SO₂
1.3
CO
176.0
- 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 Pārsābād's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 17 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 5.
Where Pārsābād stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pārsābād: Critically low
5.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
17,279
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
76,969
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,693 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pārsābād lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pārsābād has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 14 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (35%). About 5 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 10 haabout 14 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2003, when about 2 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Pārsābād?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good35% · 3 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back16% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.3% · under 1 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 255 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 190 ha
- Overall change
- −65 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pārsābād shrank from about 255 hectares to 190 hectares, a net loss of about 65 hectares (−25%). New forest grew on about 62 hectares, but 127 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Pārsābād
What is the air quality (AQI) in Pārsābād right now?
The latest reading for Pārsābād shows an AQI of 94 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 07:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 205 km, 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 Pārsābād today?
At AQI 94 (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 Pārsābād been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pārsābād's daily AQI at 35 on average, from 17 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 88 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 Pārsābād lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pārsābād has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 14 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (35%). About 5 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pārsābād shrank from about 255 hectares to 190 hectares, a net loss of about 65 hectares (−25%). New forest grew on about 62 hectares, but 127 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pārsābād?
Pārsābād has an estimated 17,279 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.5% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pārsābād need?
Pārsābād needs roughly 76,969 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,693 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pārsābād'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 Parsabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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