Japan · Iwate · 3 cities
Air quality in Iwate today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Ichinoseki has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Iwate (AQI 6, Good), and Morioka the worst (AQI 44, Good). Ichinoseki has the most tree cover, at 47.0% — #9 of 207 cities measured in Japan.
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.
AQI 28
Average right now
Good
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 25.8%
- Japan: 16.4%
- worst air now: Morioka
- 44
- cleanest air now: Ichinoseki
- 6
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Iwate · average AQI 28
Air quality today across Iwate, city by city
| Morioka | 44Good | 16.3% | 42.7K | #77 of 207 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichinoseki | 6Good | 47.0% | — | #9 of 207 |
| Ōshū | 33Good | 14.1% | 48.2K | #82 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 Iwate lost?
Since 2001, Iwate has lost about 91,100 hectares of forest (about 130,000 football pitches): 7.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 3,840 hectares (4.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 91,100 haabout 130,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,840 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 | 109 ha | 1,940 ha | 2,050 ha |
| 2002 | 103 ha | 1,950 ha | 2,050 ha |
| 2003 | 48 ha | 1,440 ha | 1,480 ha |
| 2004 | 125 ha | 2,250 ha | 2,370 ha |
| 2005 | 92 ha | 2,210 ha | 2,300 ha |
| 2006 | 64 ha | 2,620 ha | 2,690 ha |
| 2007 | 143 ha | 3,890 ha | 4,030 ha |
| 2008 | 145 ha | 3,770 ha | 3,920 ha |
| 2009 | 102 ha | 3,290 ha | 3,390 ha |
| 2010 | 91 ha | 3,180 ha | 3,270 ha |
| 2011 | 216 ha | 4,280 ha | 4,490 ha |
| 2012 | 232 ha | 5,260 ha | 5,490 ha |
| 2013 | 181 ha | 1,820 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2014 | 239 ha | 2,180 ha | 2,420 ha |
| 2015 | 222 ha | 2,720 ha | 2,940 ha |
| 2016 | 278 ha | 4,720 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2017 | 287 ha | 4,580 ha | 4,870 ha |
| 2018 | 247 ha | 4,040 ha | 4,290 ha |
| 2019 | 206 ha | 4,770 ha | 4,970 ha |
| 2020 | 113 ha | 4,340 ha | 4,450 ha |
| 2021 | 71 ha | 4,350 ha | 4,430 ha |
| 2022 | 109 ha | 4,540 ha | 4,650 ha |
| 2023 | 125 ha | 3,950 ha | 4,080 ha |
| 2024 | 158 ha | 5,000 ha | 5,160 ha |
| 2025 | 133 ha | 4,210 ha | 4,350 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 4,530 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 4,720 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 5,490 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Iwate?
- Loggingcan grow back95% · 86,300 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good2.1% · 1,950 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1% · 946 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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