City report · Punjab, India
Bathinda Air quality today
Air quality in Bathinda currently reads AQI 268 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 268
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 228.2
- tree cover
- 11.6%
- trees in this area
- 36.4K
- more trees needed
- 105K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Old City, Bathinda, Punjab 151001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bathinda · AQI 268 (Very unhealthy)
Bathinda's tree count comes to 36,370 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 33 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 104,719 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bathinda today: AQI 268, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 12 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 12 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Hanumangarh and Kasur
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
228.2
PM10
180.2
NO₂
47.2
O₃
102.0
SO₂
22.4
CO
873.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bathinda's daily AQI at 204 on average, from 157 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 278 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 Bathinda: Critically low
11.6% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
36,370
Target trees
141,089
More trees needed
104,719
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,304 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bathinda lost?
There was very little forest around Bathinda in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2006, 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 | 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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bathinda?
- Towns and roadscleared for good77% · 6 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown14% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Bathinda
What is the air quality (AQI) in Bathinda right now?
The latest reading for Bathinda shows an AQI of 268 (Very unhealthy), observed Nov 10, 18:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 12 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bathinda today?
At AQI 268 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bathinda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bathinda's daily AQI at 204 on average, from 157 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 278 on Nov 4. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Bathinda'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 Bathinda lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Bathinda in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Bathinda?
Bathinda has an estimated 36,370 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 11.6% tree cover, 33 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bathinda need?
Bathinda needs roughly 104,719 more trees to close a 33-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,304 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bathinda'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 Old City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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