City report · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Charsadda Air quality today
Air quality in Charsadda currently reads AQI 346 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 346
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 248.2
- tree cover
- 13.0%
- trees in this area
- 40.8K
- more trees needed
- 101K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chārsadda, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Charsadda · AQI 346 (Hazardous)
Charsadda's tree count comes to 40,841 trees across 12.57 km², 32 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 100,531 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Charsadda today: AQI 346, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Abasyn University, 19.2 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
248.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Charsadda's daily AQI at 108 on average, from 94 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 9.
Where Charsadda stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Charsadda: Critically low
13.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
40,841
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
100,531
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,212 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Charsadda lost?
There was almost no forest around Charsadda 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 736 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,360 ha
- Overall change
- +622 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Charsadda grew from about 736 hectares to 1,360 hectares, a net gain of about 622 hectares (+85%). New forest grew on about 626 hectares, while 4 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 Charsadda right now?
The latest reading for Charsadda shows an AQI of 346 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Abasyn University, 19.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Charsadda today?
At AQI 346 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Charsadda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Charsadda's daily AQI at 108 on average, from 94 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 9. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Charsadda lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Charsadda 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 Charsadda grew from about 736 hectares to 1,360 hectares, a net gain of about 622 hectares (+85%). New forest grew on about 626 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Charsadda?
Charsadda has an estimated 40,841 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.0% tree cover, 32 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Charsadda need?
Charsadda needs roughly 100,531 more trees to close a 32-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,212 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Charsadda's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chārsadda, 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 Chārsadda; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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