Skip to content
Airleaf

City report · Iran

Shahr-e Kord Air quality today

Air quality in Shahr-e Kord currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 52

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
5.6
tree cover
4.7%
trees in this area
14.8K
more trees needed
79.5K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Shahrekord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Shahr-e Kord · AQI 52 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 23, 2026

Shahr-e Kord's tree count comes to 14,765 trees across 12.57 km², 25 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 79,482 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Shahr-e Kord today: AQI 52, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

5.6

PM10

8.3

NO₂

6.9

O₃

94.0

SO₂

2.8

CO

187.0

Outdoor exercise
Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
Windows
Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
Mask
Not needed for most people
Air purifier
Worth running if you are sensitive

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shahr-e Kord's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 11.

Last 7 daysavg 41 · peak 74
Nov 5: AQI 37 (peak 55)Nov 6: AQI 48 (peak 62)Nov 7: AQI 47 (peak 63)Nov 8: AQI 20 (peak 52)Nov 9: AQI 27 (peak 52)Nov 10: AQI 42 (peak 73)Nov 11: AQI 68 (peak 74)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Shahr-e Kord stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Shahr-e Kord: Critically low

4.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

25 points below target

Trees in this area

14,765

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

79,482

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,749 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Shahr-e Kord lost?

There was almost no forest around Shahr-e Kord in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Shahr-e Kord, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

In the same region

Measured cities near Shahr-e Kord

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

Build your own

Compare Shahr-e Kord with anywhere

This place

Shahr-e Kord

Use this data

Put Shahr-e Kord's numbers on your site

Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.

Shahr-e Kord air quality (AQI) and tree cover — measured by Airleaf
HTML
Markdown

Frequently asked

Questions about Shahr-e Kord

What is the air quality (AQI) in Shahr-e Kord right now?

The latest reading for Shahr-e Kord shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 11:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Shahr-e Kord today?

At AQI 52 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Shahr-e Kord been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shahr-e Kord's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 20 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 74 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Shahr-e Kord lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Shahr-e Kord in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Shahr-e Kord?

Shahr-e Kord has an estimated 14,765 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 4.7% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Shahr-e Kord need?

Shahr-e Kord needs roughly 79,482 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,749 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Shahr-e Kord'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 Shahrekord; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

See your own area

What does your neighborhood look like?

Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.

Check my address