Chhatarpur vs Gwalior
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Chhatarpur has more tree cover — 44.1% against 25.9%.
Gwalior has cleaner air right now — AQI 59 against 91.
- Tree cover gap
- 18.2 points
- Chhatarpur is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 32 AQI
- Gwalior is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 57.2K
- Chhatarpur has more standing.
India
India
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
44.1%
25.9%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
91 · Moderate
59 · Moderate
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
139K
81.4K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
12.9K
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
3.0M kg
1.8M kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Both are modelled, with no ground station close enough to either.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
30.9 µg/m³
15.9 µg/m³
PM10
Coarser particles — dust, pollen, road grit.
57.7 µg/m³
20.6 µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
Mostly traffic and combustion.
16.3 µg/m³
15.4 µg/m³
Ozone
Forms in sunlight; peaks on hot, still afternoons.
29 µg/m³
46 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Chhatarpur | Gwalior |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Sept | 70 | 115 |
| 24 Sept | 43 | 52 |
| 25 Sept | 25 | 33 |
| 26 Sept | 44 | 47 |
| 27 Sept | 80 | 66 |
| 28 Sept | 78 | 83 |
| 29 Sept | 90 | 60 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Chhatarpur leads here at 44.1%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Chhatarpur reads 91 (moderate) and Gwalior reads 59 (moderate) right now.
Frequently asked
Chhatarpur and Gwalior, answered
Which has more trees, Chhatarpur or Gwalior?
Chhatarpur, with roughly 138,544 trees inside its 2 km radius against 81,367. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Chhatarpur has the denser canopy at 44.1%.
Which has better air quality, Chhatarpur or Gwalior?
Gwalior right now, at AQI 59 against 91 — a gap of 32 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Chhatarpur needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Gwalior about 12,881. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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