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Air quality in Gifu today The AQI right now, city by city
Air quality and tree cover for 5 cities in Gifu, Japan, measured from satellite imagery and live air-quality data.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
Average right now
AQI 11
Good
- cities tracked
- 5
- average tree cover
- 26.0%
- Japan: 16.4%
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Gifu · average AQI 11
Air quality today across Gifu, city by city
| Gifu | 4Good | 16.9% | 40.5K | #75 of 207 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ōgaki | 38Good | 5.2% | 77.9K | #169 of 207 |
| Kakamigahara | 4Good | 16.9% | 41.2K | #74 of 207 |
| Tajimi | 7Good | 54.0% | — | #7 of 207 |
| Kani | 1Good | 37.0% | — | #17 of 207 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Japan.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gifu lost?
Since 2001, Gifu has lost about 15,600 hectares of forest (about 22,000 football pitches): 1.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 2,690 hectares (17%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15,600 haabout 22,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,690 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 111 ha | 393 ha | 504 ha |
| 2002 | 135 ha | 562 ha | 697 ha |
| 2003 | 108 ha | 335 ha | 443 ha |
| 2004 | 139 ha | 498 ha | 637 ha |
| 2005 | 108 ha | 363 ha | 471 ha |
| 2006 | 145 ha | 461 ha | 606 ha |
| 2007 | 80 ha | 255 ha | 335 ha |
| 2008 | 102 ha | 515 ha | 617 ha |
| 2009 | 116 ha | 415 ha | 531 ha |
| 2010 | 116 ha | 524 ha | 640 ha |
| 2011 | 130 ha | 565 ha | 695 ha |
| 2012 | 90 ha | 563 ha | 653 ha |
| 2013 | 63 ha | 224 ha | 287 ha |
| 2014 | 64 ha | 266 ha | 330 ha |
| 2015 | 63 ha | 307 ha | 370 ha |
| 2016 | 167 ha | 695 ha | 862 ha |
| 2017 | 110 ha | 549 ha | 659 ha |
| 2018 | 70 ha | 548 ha | 618 ha |
| 2019 | 137 ha | 730 ha | 867 ha |
| 2020 | 111 ha | 667 ha | 778 ha |
| 2021 | 117 ha | 596 ha | 713 ha |
| 2022 | 132 ha | 666 ha | 798 ha |
| 2023 | 126 ha | 617 ha | 743 ha |
| 2024 | 72 ha | 680 ha | 752 ha |
| 2025 | 79 ha | 897 ha | 976 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 796 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 757 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 976 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Gifu?
- Loggingcan grow back77% · 11,900 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 2,060 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good3.2% · 494 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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