City report · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Battagram Air quality today
Air quality in Battagram currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 17.3
- tree cover
- 44.5%
- trees in this area
- 140K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Battagram · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Battagram's tree count comes to 139,801 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Battagram today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Muzaffarabad and Mingora
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
17.3
PM10
18.0
NO₂
5.2
O₃
88.0
SO₂
3.4
CO
341.0
- 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 Battagram's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 46 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5.
Where Battagram stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Battagram: Healthy tree cover
44.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
139,801
Target trees
139,801
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Battagram lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Battagram has lost about 125 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 44 hectares (35%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 125 haabout 170 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 44 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 21 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 | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 15 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 6 ha | 8 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 8 ha | 13 ha | 21 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 10 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 Battagram?
- Loggingcan grow back58% · 72 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 42 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.4% · 2 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, unknown 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
- 13,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,000 ha
- Overall change
- +163 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Battagram stayed about the same size, at about 14,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 444 hectares, and about 280 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 Battagram
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Mingora61.4 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 63
- Abbottabad61.5 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 158
- Dhirkot87.3 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 78%
- Air quality
- 115
- Tordher102.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 171
- Mardan104.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 184
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Battagram right now?
The latest reading for Battagram shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 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 Battagram today?
At AQI 60 (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 Battagram been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Battagram's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 46 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 77 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Battagram lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Battagram has lost about 125 hectares of forest (about 170 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 44 hectares (35%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Battagram stayed about the same size, at about 14,000 hectares: new forest grew on about 444 hectares, and about 280 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Battagram?
Battagram has an estimated 139,801 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 44.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Battagram need?
Battagram has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Battagram'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 Battagram; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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