City report · Karnataka, India
Belagavi Air quality today
Air quality in Belagavi currently reads AQI 84 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 84
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.0
- tree cover
- 40.8%
- trees in this area
- 128K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Hirekodi, Velguem, Camp, Belagavi Cantonment, Karnataka, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Belagavi · AQI 84 (Moderate)
Belagavi's tree count comes to 128,177 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 Belagavi today: AQI 84, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Ramteerth Nagar, Belgaum - KSPCB, 5.7 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.0
PM10
59.2
NO₂
16.8
O₃
19.3
SO₂
28.9
CO
0.9
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Belagavi's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 53 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 9.
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 Belagavi: Healthy tree cover
40.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
128,177
Target trees
128,177
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Belagavi lost?
There was very little forest around Belagavi in 2000, about 65 hectares, and about 20 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2016, when about 20 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 | 20 ha | 20 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 Belagavi?
- Loggingcan grow backover 99% · 20 ha
Also: 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
- 4,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,920 ha
- Overall change
- +286 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belagavi grew from about 4,640 hectares to 4,920 hectares, a net gain of about 286 hectares (+6.2%). New forest grew on about 322 hectares, while 36 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 Belagavi right now?
The latest reading for Belagavi shows an AQI of 84 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 20:30 local time by the Ramteerth Nagar, Belgaum - KSPCB ground monitoring station, 5.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Belagavi today?
At AQI 84 (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 Belagavi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Belagavi's daily AQI at 78 on average, from 53 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 9. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Belagavi'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 Belagavi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Belagavi in 2000, about 65 hectares, and about 20 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Belagavi grew from about 4,640 hectares to 4,920 hectares, a net gain of about 286 hectares (+6.2%). New forest grew on about 322 hectares, while 36 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Belagavi?
Belagavi has an estimated 128,177 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 40.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Belagavi need?
Belagavi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Belagavi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Hirekodi, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Hirekodi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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