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Burewala Air quality today

Air quality in Burewala currently reads AQI 202 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 202

Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
112.0
tree cover
13.7%
trees in this area
43.0K
more trees needed
98.3K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Burewala, Punjab, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Burewala · AQI 202 (Very unhealthy)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 11, 2026

Burewala's tree count comes to 43,040 trees across 12.57 km², 31 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 98,332 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Burewala today: AQI 202, Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 8 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Vehari and Mian Channu

Health signal

Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

112.0

PM10

70.8

NO₂

9.0

O₃

107.0

SO₂

7.5

CO

571.0

Outdoor exercise
Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
Windows
Keep them closed
Mask
Wear an N95 if you go out
Air purifier
Run one on high

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Burewala's daily AQI at 212 on average, from 179 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 270 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 212 · peak 270
Nov 5: AQI 242 (peak 270)Nov 6: AQI 207 (peak 232)Nov 7: AQI 199 (peak 226)Nov 8: AQI 179 (peak 205)Nov 9: AQI 191 (peak 227)Nov 10: AQI 233 (peak 259)Nov 11: AQI 230 (peak 262)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Burewala stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Burewala: Critically low

13.7% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

31 points below target

Trees in this area

43,040

Target trees

141,372

More trees needed

98,332

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,163 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Burewala lost?

There was almost no forest around Burewala 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.

Satellite image of the area around Burewala, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

In the same region

Measured cities near Burewala

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Vihari

    Pakistan

    31.4 km
    Tree cover
    9%
    Air quality
    283
  • Chichawatni

    Pakistan

    40.6 km
    Tree cover
    27%
    Air quality
    418
  • Mian Channun

    Pakistan

    41.5 km
    Tree cover
    7%
    Air quality
    269
  • Arifwala

    Pakistan

    42.2 km
    Tree cover
    10%
    Air quality
    722
  • Chishtian

    Pakistan

    45.7 km
    Tree cover
    9%
    Air quality
    275
  • Hasilpur

    Pakistan

    53.7 km
    Tree cover
    8%
    Air quality
    441

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Questions about Burewala

What is the air quality (AQI) in Burewala right now?

The latest reading for Burewala shows an AQI of 202 (Very unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Burewala today?

At AQI 202 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Burewala been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Burewala's daily AQI at 212 on average, from 179 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 270 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Burewala lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Burewala 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.

What is the tree count in Burewala?

Burewala has an estimated 43,040 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.7% tree cover, 31 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Burewala need?

Burewala needs roughly 98,332 more trees to close a 31-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,163 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Burewala'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 Burewala; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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