City report · Gilan Province, Iran
Rasht Air quality today
Air quality in Rasht currently reads AQI 44 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 44
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.8
- tree cover
- 10.7%
- trees in this area
- 33.6K
- more trees needed
- 60.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Distirct 2, Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rasht · AQI 44 (Good)
Rasht's tree count comes to 33,615 trees across 12.57 km², 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 60,633 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rasht today: AQI 44, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:30 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
8.8
PM10
11.5
NO₂
11.2
O₃
62.0
SO₂
2.2
CO
215.0
- 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 Rasht's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 7 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 93 on Nov 4.
Where Rasht stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rasht: Critically low
10.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
33,615
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
60,633
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,334 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rasht lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rasht has lost about 2 hectares of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 ha
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2014, 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 | under 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 | 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 Rasht?
- Loggingcan grow back80% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown27% · under 1 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
- 256 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 264 ha
- Overall change
- +8 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rasht stayed about the same size, at about 264 hectares: new forest grew on about 22 hectares, and about 13 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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Questions about Rasht
What is the air quality (AQI) in Rasht right now?
The latest reading for Rasht shows an AQI of 44 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:30 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 Rasht today?
At AQI 44 (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 Rasht been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rasht's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 7 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 93 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rasht lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rasht has lost about 2 hectares of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rasht stayed about the same size, at about 264 hectares: new forest grew on about 22 hectares, and about 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rasht?
Rasht has an estimated 33,615 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.7% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rasht need?
Rasht needs roughly 60,633 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,334 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Rasht'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 Distirct 2; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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