City report · Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran
Zābol Air quality today
Air quality in Zābol currently reads AQI 75 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 75
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.5
- tree cover
- 0%
- trees in this area
- 0
- more trees needed
- 94.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zābol · AQI 75 (Moderate)
Zābol's tree count comes to 0 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 94,248 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zābol today: AQI 75, 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
19.5
PM10
195.1
NO₂
1.0
O₃
70.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
144.0
- 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 Zābol's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 9.
Where Zābol stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zābol: Critically low
0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
0
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
94,248
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,073 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zābol lost?
There was almost no forest around Zābol 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.
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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Zābol right now?
The latest reading for Zābol shows an AQI of 75 (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 Zābol today?
At AQI 75 (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 Zābol been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zābol's daily AQI at 73 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 121 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zābol lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Zābol 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 Zābol?
Zābol has an estimated 0 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 0% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zābol need?
Zābol needs roughly 94,248 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 2,073 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zābol'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 Zabol; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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