City report · Odisha, India
Bhubaneswar Air quality today
Air quality in Bhubaneswar currently reads AQI 58 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 58
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.0
- tree cover
- 50.9%
- trees in this area
- 160K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Unit 3, Kharvela Nagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bhubaneswar · AQI 58 (Moderate)
Bhubaneswar's tree count comes to 159,907 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 Bhubaneswar today: AQI 58, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Lingraj Mandir, Bhubaneswar - OSPCB, 3.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.0
PM10
44.5
NO₂
45.3
O₃
15.2
SO₂
27.6
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 Bhubaneswar's daily AQI at 166 on average, from 121 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 6.
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 Bhubaneswar: Healthy tree cover
50.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
159,907
Target trees
159,907
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bhubaneswar lost?
There was almost no forest around Bhubaneswar in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 833 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 996 ha
- Overall change
- +163 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bhubaneswar grew from about 833 hectares to 996 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+20%). New forest grew on about 176 hectares, while 13 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 Bhubaneswar right now?
The latest reading for Bhubaneswar shows an AQI of 58 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:30 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Lingraj Mandir, Bhubaneswar - OSPCB, 3.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bhubaneswar today?
At AQI 58 (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 Bhubaneswar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bhubaneswar's daily AQI at 166 on average, from 121 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 6. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Bhubaneswar'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 Bhubaneswar lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Bhubaneswar in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Bhubaneswar grew from about 833 hectares to 996 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+20%). New forest grew on about 176 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bhubaneswar?
Bhubaneswar has an estimated 159,907 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 50.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bhubaneswar need?
Bhubaneswar has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Bhubaneswar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Unit 3, 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 Unit 3; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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