City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Chichawatni Air quality today
Air quality in Chichawatni currently reads AQI 418 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 418
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 291.9
- tree cover
- 27.0%
- trees in this area
- 84.8K
- more trees needed
- 56.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chichawatni, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chichawatni · AQI 418 (Hazardous)
Chichawatni's tree count comes to 84,823 trees across 12.57 km², 18 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 56,549 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chichawatni today: AQI 418, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 11 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Mian Channu and Ārifwāla
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
291.9
PM10
192.3
NO₂
15.8
O₃
86.0
SO₂
15.9
CO
968.0
- 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 Chichawatni's daily AQI at 222 on average, from 185 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 290 on Nov 5.
Where Chichawatni stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chichawatni: Below target
27.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
84,823
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
56,549
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,244 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chichawatni lost?
There was very little forest around Chichawatni in 2000, about 15 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 120 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 175 ha
- Overall change
- +55 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chichawatni grew from about 120 hectares to 175 hectares, a net gain of about 55 hectares (+46%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, while 8 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 Chichawatni
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kamalia22.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 326
- Mian Channun33.6 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 269
- Burewala40.6 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 202
- Arifwala44.7 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 722
- Toba Tek Singh53.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 264
- Vihari62.9 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 283
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chichawatni right now?
The latest reading for Chichawatni shows an AQI of 418 (Hazardous), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chichawatni today?
At AQI 418 (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 Chichawatni been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chichawatni's daily AQI at 222 on average, from 185 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 290 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chichawatni lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Chichawatni in 2000, about 15 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost 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 Chichawatni grew from about 120 hectares to 175 hectares, a net gain of about 55 hectares (+46%). New forest grew on about 63 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chichawatni?
Chichawatni has an estimated 84,823 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 27.0% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chichawatni need?
Chichawatni needs roughly 56,549 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,244 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chichawatni'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 Chichawatni; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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