Japan · Shizuoka · 8 cities
Air quality in Shizuoka today The AQI right now, city by city
Air quality and tree cover for 8 cities in Shizuoka, 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 9
Good
- cities tracked
- 8
- average tree cover
- 14.4%
- Japan: 16.4%
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Shizuoka · average AQI 9
Air quality today across Shizuoka, city by city
| Hamamatsu | 9Good | 4.9% | 78.5K | #173 of 207 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shizuoka | 9Good | 14.1% | 49.5K | #83 of 207 |
| Fuji | 9Good | 6.1% | 75.0K | #160 of 207 |
| Numazu | 9Good | 14.3% | 47.4K | #80 of 207 |
| Iwata | 12Good | 5.8% | 75.8K | #163 of 207 |
| Fujieda | 9Good | 12.6% | 54.6K | #96 of 207 |
| Fujinomiya | 9Good | 23.6% | 20.1K | #45 of 207 |
| Kakegawa | 7Good | 34.0% | — | #22 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 Shizuoka lost?
Since 2001, Shizuoka has lost about 11,600 hectares of forest (about 16,000 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 3,750 hectares (32%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 11,600 haabout 16,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,750 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 | 200 ha | 278 ha | 478 ha |
| 2002 | 231 ha | 220 ha | 451 ha |
| 2003 | 129 ha | 230 ha | 359 ha |
| 2004 | 277 ha | 388 ha | 665 ha |
| 2005 | 166 ha | 260 ha | 426 ha |
| 2006 | 168 ha | 348 ha | 516 ha |
| 2007 | 192 ha | 411 ha | 603 ha |
| 2008 | 152 ha | 274 ha | 426 ha |
| 2009 | 238 ha | 375 ha | 613 ha |
| 2010 | 156 ha | 334 ha | 490 ha |
| 2011 | 120 ha | 376 ha | 496 ha |
| 2012 | 208 ha | 268 ha | 476 ha |
| 2013 | 62 ha | 142 ha | 204 ha |
| 2014 | 93 ha | 192 ha | 284 ha |
| 2015 | 75 ha | 152 ha | 227 ha |
| 2016 | 237 ha | 352 ha | 589 ha |
| 2017 | 156 ha | 261 ha | 417 ha |
| 2018 | 154 ha | 317 ha | 471 ha |
| 2019 | 116 ha | 295 ha | 411 ha |
| 2020 | 170 ha | 375 ha | 545 ha |
| 2021 | 89 ha | 337 ha | 426 ha |
| 2022 | 84 ha | 468 ha | 552 ha |
| 2023 | 127 ha | 366 ha | 493 ha |
| 2024 | 80 ha | 400 ha | 480 ha |
| 2025 | 70 ha | 389 ha | 459 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 482 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 487 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2004, when about 665 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Shizuoka?
- Loggingcan grow back61% · 7,060 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 2,630 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.4% · 626 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, 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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