City report · Qashqadaryo, Uzbekistan
Qarshi Air quality today
Air quality in Qarshi currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 23
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.5
- tree cover
- 5.0%
- trees in this area
- 15.7K
- more trees needed
- 78.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qarshi, Qashqadaryo Region, Uzbekistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qarshi · AQI 23 (Good)
Qarshi's tree count comes to 15,708 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 78,540 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qarshi today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.5
PM10
6.3
NO₂
1.2
O₃
59.0
SO₂
1.1
CO
130.0
- 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 Qarshi's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 5.
Where Qarshi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qarshi: Critically low
5.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
15,708
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
78,540
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,728 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qarshi lost?
There was very little forest around Qarshi in 2000, about 55 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2002, when about 1 hectare 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 | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Qarshi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good33% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown67% · 2 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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 Qarshi right now?
The latest reading for Qarshi shows an AQI of 23 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qarshi today?
At AQI 23 (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 Qarshi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qarshi's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 27 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 81 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 Qarshi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Qarshi in 2000, about 55 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost 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 Qarshi?
Qarshi has an estimated 15,708 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.0% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qarshi need?
Qarshi needs roughly 78,540 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,728 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qarshi'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 Qarshi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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