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Bhiwandi Air quality today
Air quality in Bhiwandi currently reads AQI 152 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 152
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 35.9
- tree cover
- 12.2%
- trees in this area
- 38.3K
- more trees needed
- 87.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zaitunpura, Kaneri, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra 421308, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bhiwandi · AQI 152 (Unhealthy)
Bhiwandi's tree count comes to 38,251 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 28 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 87,162 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bhiwandi today: AQI 152, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM10 · Observed Nov 11, 20:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Kasarvadavali, Thane - MPCB, 9.8 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
35.9
PM10
258.1
NO₂
80.6
O₃
17.7
SO₂
28.3
CO
1.1
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bhiwandi's daily AQI at 123 on average, from 117 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 4.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Bhiwandi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bhiwandi: Critically low
12.2% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
38,251
Target trees
125,413
More trees needed
87,162
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,918 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bhiwandi lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Bhiwandi since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 112 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 3,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,350 ha
- Overall change
- +100 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bhiwandi grew from about 3,250 hectares to 3,350 hectares, a net gain of about 100 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 199 hectares, while 100 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 Bhiwandi right now?
The latest reading for Bhiwandi shows an AQI of 152 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:45 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Kasarvadavali, Thane - MPCB, 9.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM10. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bhiwandi today?
At AQI 152 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bhiwandi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bhiwandi's daily AQI at 123 on average, from 117 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 4. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Bhiwandi'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 Bhiwandi lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Bhiwandi since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 112 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bhiwandi grew from about 3,250 hectares to 3,350 hectares, a net gain of about 100 hectares (+3.1%). New forest grew on about 199 hectares, while 100 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bhiwandi?
Bhiwandi has an estimated 38,251 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 12.2% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bhiwandi need?
Bhiwandi needs roughly 87,162 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,918 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bhiwandi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Zaitunpura, 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 Zaitunpura; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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