City report · Nepal
Bharatpur Air quality today
Air quality in Bharatpur currently reads AQI 125 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 125
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 45.1
- tree cover
- 29.8%
- trees in this area
- 93.6K
- more trees needed
- 16.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bharatpur, Bagmati Province 44200, Nepal (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bharatpur · AQI 125 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Bharatpur's tree count comes to 93,619 trees across 12.57 km², 5 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,336 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bharatpur today: AQI 125, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bharatpur Ward 02, 2 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
45.1
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Clean Energy Nepal (CEN)
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bharatpur's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 83 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 5.
Where Bharatpur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bharatpur: Below target
29.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
93,619
Target trees
109,955
More trees needed
16,336
CO₂ if planted / yr
359.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bharatpur lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bharatpur has lost about 494 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 494 haabout 690 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 452 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2004, when about 99 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 87 ha | under 1 ha | 88 ha |
| 2002 | 65 ha | under 1 ha | 65 ha |
| 2003 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2004 | 98 ha | under 1 ha | 99 ha |
| 2005 | 57 ha | under 1 ha | 58 ha |
| 2006 | 23 ha | 2 ha | 25 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 21 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | 15 ha | 23 ha | 38 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bharatpur?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good79% · 389 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · 63 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown6.5% · 32 ha
Also: logging, storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming.
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
- 16,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,700 ha
- Overall change
- −249 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bharatpur stayed about the same size, at about 15,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 397 hectares, and about 647 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 Bharatpur
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Bharatpur with anywhere
This place
Bharatpur
Use this data
Put Bharatpur's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Bharatpur
What is the air quality (AQI) in Bharatpur right now?
The latest reading for Bharatpur shows an AQI of 125 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 21:45 local time by the Bharatpur Ward 02 ground monitoring station, 2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bharatpur today?
At AQI 125 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bharatpur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bharatpur's daily AQI at 111 on average, from 83 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 5. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bharatpur lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bharatpur has lost about 494 hectares of forest (about 690 football pitches): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (92%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bharatpur stayed about the same size, at about 15,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 397 hectares, and about 647 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bharatpur?
Bharatpur has an estimated 93,619 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 29.8% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bharatpur need?
Bharatpur needs roughly 16,336 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 359.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bharatpur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bharatpur, 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 Bharatpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address