Iran · Razavi Khorasan · 6 cities
Air quality in Razavi Khorasan today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Razavi Khorasan (AQI 8, Good), and Kāshmar the worst (AQI 37, Good). Mashhad has the most tree cover, at 5.1% — #30 of 97 cities measured in Iran.
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 18
Good
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 3.0%
- Iran: 5.0%
- worst air now: Kāshmar
- 37
- cleanest air now: Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh
- 8
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Razavi Khorasan · average AQI 18
Air quality today across Razavi Khorasan, city by city
| Mashhad | 23Good | 5.1% | 78.2K | #30 of 97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabzevar | 11Good | 3.2% | 84.2K | #56 of 97 |
| Neyshābūr | 14Good | 4.3% | 80.7K | #37 of 97 |
| Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh | 8Good | 1.8% | 88.6K | #77 of 97 |
| Kāshmar | 37Good | 1.9% | 88.3K | #74 of 97 |
| Qūchān | 15Good | 1.7% | 88.9K | #81 of 97 |
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 Iran.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Razavi Khorasan lost?
Since 2001, Razavi Khorasan has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (6.7%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 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 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 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 | 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 |
The worst year was 2001, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Razavi Khorasan?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.7% · under 1 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.7% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown93% · 6 ha
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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