City report · Jammu and Kashmir, India
Anantnag Air quality today
Air quality in Anantnag currently reads AQI 182 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 182
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 90.7
- tree cover
- 27.1%
- trees in this area
- 85.1K
- more trees needed
- 40.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Anantnag · AQI 182 (Unhealthy)
Anantnag's tree count comes to 85,137 trees across 12.57 km², 13 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,527 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Anantnag today: AQI 182, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 11 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Srinagar and Srinagar
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
90.7
PM10
72.9
NO₂
32.2
O₃
14.0
SO₂
8.4
CO
364.0
- 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 Anantnag's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 91 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 11.
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 Anantnag: Below target
27.1% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
85,137
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
40,527
CO₂ if planted / yr
891.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Anantnag lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anantnag has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 40 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 29 haabout 40 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 15 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 6 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Anantnag?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 15 ha
- Loggingcan grow back10% · 3 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown36% · 11 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
- 4,930 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,290 ha
- Overall change
- +360 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anantnag grew from about 4,930 hectares to 5,290 hectares, a net gain of about 360 hectares (+7.3%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 676 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 Anantnag right now?
The latest reading for Anantnag shows an AQI of 182 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Anantnag today?
At AQI 182 (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 Anantnag been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Anantnag's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 91 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 11. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Anantnag'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 Anantnag lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anantnag has lost about 29 hectares of forest (about 40 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anantnag grew from about 4,930 hectares to 5,290 hectares, a net gain of about 360 hectares (+7.3%). New forest grew on about 1,040 hectares, while 676 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Anantnag?
Anantnag has an estimated 85,137 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.1% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Anantnag need?
Anantnag needs roughly 40,527 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 891.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Anantnag'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 Anantnag; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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