City report · Tehran, Iran
Qods Air quality today
Air quality in Qods currently reads AQI 177 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 177
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 93.4
- tree cover
- 3.5%
- trees in this area
- 11.0K
- more trees needed
- 115K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qods, 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.
Qods · AQI 177 (Unhealthy)
Qods's tree count comes to 10,996 trees across 12.57 km², 37 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 114,668 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qods today: AQI 177, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 08:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
93.4
PM10
97.1
NO₂
83.2
O₃
8.0
SO₂
85.0
CO
785.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qods's daily AQI at 118 on average, from 94 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 195 on Nov 10.
Where Qods stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qods: Critically low
3.5% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
10,996
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
114,668
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,523 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qods lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Qods since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 106 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 156 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 246 ha
- Overall change
- +90 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qods grew from about 156 hectares to 246 hectares, a net gain of about 90 hectares (+58%). New forest grew on about 91 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Qods right now?
The latest reading for Qods shows an AQI of 177 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 08:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qods today?
At AQI 177 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Qods been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qods's daily AQI at 118 on average, from 94 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 195 on Nov 10. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qods lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Qods since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 106 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qods grew from about 156 hectares to 246 hectares, a net gain of about 90 hectares (+58%). New forest grew on about 91 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Qods?
Qods has an estimated 10,996 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 3.5% tree cover, 37 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qods need?
Qods needs roughly 114,668 more trees to close a 37-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,523 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qods'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 Qods; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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