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City report · Tehran, Iran

Varāmīn Air quality today

Air quality in Varāmīn currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Air quality right now

AQI 46

Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
7.1
tree cover
2.8%
trees in this area
8.8K
more trees needed
85.5K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Varamin, Tehran 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.

Varāmīn · AQI 46 (Good)

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

Varāmīn's tree count comes to 8,796 trees across 12.57 km², 27 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 85,451 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Varāmīn today: AQI 46, Good

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

PM2.5

7.1

PM10

23.6

NO₂

1.9

O₃

77.0

SO₂

0.8

CO

135.0

Outdoor exercise
A good day to be active outside
Windows
Open them to air the house
Mask
Not needed
Air purifier
Not needed

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Varāmīn's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 49 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 6.

Last 7 daysavg 65 · peak 107
Nov 5: AQI 78 (peak 99)Nov 6: AQI 79 (peak 107)Nov 7: AQI 59 (peak 69)Nov 8: AQI 49 (peak 60)Nov 9: AQI 65 (peak 80)Nov 10: AQI 57 (peak 86)Nov 11: AQI 70 (peak 80)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Varāmīn stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Varāmīn: Critically low

2.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

27 points below target

Trees in this area

8,796

Target trees

94,247

More trees needed

85,451

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,880 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Varāmīn lost?

There was almost no forest around Varāmīn 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 Varāmīn, 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

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Questions about Varāmīn

What is the air quality (AQI) in Varāmīn right now?

The latest reading for Varāmīn shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Varāmīn today?

At AQI 46 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Varāmīn been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Varāmīn's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 49 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 107 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Varāmīn lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Varāmīn 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 Varāmīn?

Varāmīn has an estimated 8,796 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 2.8% tree cover, 27 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Varāmīn need?

Varāmīn needs roughly 85,451 more trees to close a 27-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,880 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Varāmīn'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 Varamin; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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