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Barishal Air quality today
Air quality in Barishal currently reads AQI 51 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 51
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.2
- tree cover
- 50.8%
- trees in this area
- 140K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Barishal, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Barishal · AQI 51 (Moderate)
Barishal's tree count comes to 140,123 trees across 11.04 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Barishal today: AQI 51, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Khulna and Narayanganj
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.2
PM10
23.5
NO₂
8.0
O₃
84.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
393.0
- 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 Barishal's daily AQI at 146 on average, from 101 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 202 on Nov 9.
Where Barishal stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Barishal: Healthy tree cover
50.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.04 km² of land.
Trees in this area
140,123
Target trees
140,123
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Barishal lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Barishal has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (52%) 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
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 3 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 | 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 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Barishal?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good38% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown50% · 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
- 13,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,000 ha
- Overall change
- +1,180 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Barishal grew from about 13,800 hectares to 15,000 hectares, a net gain of about 1,180 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,210 hectares, while 27 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Tungipara52.5 km
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- Air quality
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- Bagerhat59.6 km
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- 77%
- Air quality
- 33
- Chāndpur64.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 54%
- Air quality
- 74
- Maijdi77.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 72%
- Air quality
- 63
- Khulna83.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 68
- Narayanganj101.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 132
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Questions about Barishal
What is the air quality (AQI) in Barishal right now?
The latest reading for Barishal shows an AQI of 51 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 125 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 Barishal today?
At AQI 51 (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 Barishal been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Barishal's daily AQI at 146 on average, from 101 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 202 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Barishal lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Barishal has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (52%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Barishal grew from about 13,800 hectares to 15,000 hectares, a net gain of about 1,180 hectares (+8.5%). New forest grew on about 1,210 hectares, while 27 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Barishal?
Barishal has an estimated 140,123 trees across the 11.04 km² of land measured — 50.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Barishal need?
Barishal has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Barishal'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 Barishal; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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