City report · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Abbottabad Air quality today
Air quality in Abbottabad currently reads AQI 158 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 158
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 65.0
- tree cover
- 36.4%
- trees in this area
- 114K
- more trees needed
- 11.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Abbottabad, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Abbottabad · AQI 158 (Unhealthy)
Abbottabad's tree count comes to 114,354 trees across 12.57 km², 4 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 11,310 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Abbottabad today: AQI 158, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Abbottabad A Mangal, 12.9 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
65.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abbottabad's daily AQI at 104 on average, from 83 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 9.
Where Abbottabad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Abbottabad: Below target
36.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
114,354
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
11,310
CO₂ if planted / yr
248.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Abbottabad lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abbottabad has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (12%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Abbottabad?
- Towns and roadscleared for good12% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown79% · 3 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 12,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,100 ha
- Overall change
- +960 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abbottabad grew from about 12,100 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net gain of about 960 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 1,030 hectares, while 72 hectares were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Abbottabad right now?
The latest reading for Abbottabad shows an AQI of 158 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Abbottabad A Mangal ground monitoring station, 12.9 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Abbottabad today?
At AQI 158 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Abbottabad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Abbottabad's daily AQI at 104 on average, from 83 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 9. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Abbottabad lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Abbottabad has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (12%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Abbottabad grew from about 12,100 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net gain of about 960 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 1,030 hectares, while 72 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Abbottabad?
Abbottabad has an estimated 114,354 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 36.4% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Abbottabad need?
Abbottabad needs roughly 11,310 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 248.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Abbottabad's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Abbottabad, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Abbottabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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