City report · Kerala, India
Alappuzha Air quality today
Air quality in Alappuzha currently reads AQI 85 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 85
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.0
- tree cover
- 54.3%
- trees in this area
- 133K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zackaria Bazar, Alappuzha, Keralam, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Alappuzha · AQI 85 (Moderate)
Alappuzha's tree count comes to 133,230 trees across 9.82 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Alappuzha today: AQI 85, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Thrissur and Malappuram
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.0
PM10
25.3
NO₂
11.5
O₃
108.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
348.0
- 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 Alappuzha's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 61 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 4.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Alappuzha: Healthy tree cover
54.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
133,230
Target trees
133,230
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Alappuzha lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Alappuzha has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 29 haabout 41 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 17 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 4 hectares 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 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Alappuzha?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good52% · 15 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.2% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown42% · 12 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes.
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
- 7,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,220 ha
- Overall change
- +22 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Alappuzha stayed about the same size, at about 7,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 43 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Alappuzha
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kanayannur53.4 km
India
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 91
- Kollam73.4 km
India
- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 64
- Thrissur114.8 km
India
- Tree cover
- 53%
- Air quality
- 92
- Thiruvananthapuram131.0 km
India
- Tree cover
- 34%
- Air quality
- 92
- Rajapalayam134.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 22%
- Air quality
- 115
- Palakkad147.1 km
India
- Tree cover
- 48%
- Air quality
- 110
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Alappuzha right now?
The latest reading for Alappuzha shows an AQI of 85 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 185 km, 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 Alappuzha today?
At AQI 85 (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 Alappuzha been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Alappuzha's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 61 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Alappuzha's AQI the same as India's AQI (CPCB)?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. India's Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) publishes the National Air Quality Index on its own scale: 0–50 good, 51–100 satisfactory, 101–200 moderate, 201–300 poor, 301–400 very poor and 401–500 severe. The two scales don't line up. At moderate fine-particle levels the US scale reads higher: 55 µg/m³ of PM2.5 is 149 on the US AQI but about 92, "satisfactory", on India's. In heavy smog India's reads higher: 100 µg/m³ is 182 on the US AQI and about 232, "poor", on India's. CPCB also averages particles over 24 hours, so its figure moves more slowly than an hourly reading.
How much forest has the area around Alappuzha lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Alappuzha has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 41 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Alappuzha stayed about the same size, at about 7,220 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 43 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Alappuzha?
Alappuzha has an estimated 133,230 trees across the 9.82 km² of land measured — 54.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Alappuzha need?
Alappuzha has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Alappuzha'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 Zackaria Bazar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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