City report · Chhattisgarh, India
Ambikāpur Air quality today
Air quality in Ambikāpur currently reads AQI 98 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 98
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 32.7
- tree cover
- 21.3%
- trees in this area
- 66.8K
- more trees needed
- 27.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh 497001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ambikāpur · AQI 98 (Moderate)
Ambikāpur's tree count comes to 66,782 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 9 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 27,277 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ambikāpur today: AQI 98, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Purani Basti and Telipara
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
32.7
PM10
63.1
NO₂
5.8
O₃
57.0
SO₂
10.9
CO
296.0
- 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 Ambikāpur's daily AQI at 152 on average, from 130 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 199 on Nov 8.
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 Ambikāpur: Below target
21.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
66,782
Target trees
94,059
More trees needed
27,277
CO₂ if planted / yr
600.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ambikāpur lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ambikāpur has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 haabout 3 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ambikāpur?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good78% · 2 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back13% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.3% · under 1 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
- 4,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,500 ha
- Overall change
- +316 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ambikāpur grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,500 hectares, a net gain of about 316 hectares (+7.5%). New forest grew on about 334 hectares, while 18 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 Ambikāpur right now?
The latest reading for Ambikāpur shows an AQI of 98 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 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 Ambikāpur today?
At AQI 98 (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 Ambikāpur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ambikāpur's daily AQI at 152 on average, from 130 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 199 on Nov 8. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Ambikāpur'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 Ambikāpur lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ambikāpur has lost about 2 hectares of forest (about 3 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ambikāpur grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,500 hectares, a net gain of about 316 hectares (+7.5%). New forest grew on about 334 hectares, while 18 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ambikāpur?
Ambikāpur has an estimated 66,782 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 21.3% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ambikāpur need?
Ambikāpur needs roughly 27,277 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 600.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ambikāpur'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 Ambikapur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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