City report · Karnataka, India
Chitradurga Air quality today
Air quality in Chitradurga currently reads AQI 60 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 60
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.6
- tree cover
- 22.1%
- trees in this area
- 69.4K
- more trees needed
- 24.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chickpet, Chitradurga, Karnataka 577501, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chitradurga · AQI 60 (Moderate)
Chitradurga's tree count comes to 69,429 trees across 12.57 km², 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 24,819 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chitradurga today: AQI 60, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Bhadravathi and Shivamogga
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.6
PM10
20.3
NO₂
7.3
O₃
68.0
SO₂
7.7
CO
255.0
- 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 Chitradurga's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 34 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 10.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Chitradurga stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chitradurga: Below target
22.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
69,429
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
24,819
CO₂ if planted / yr
546.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chitradurga lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Chitradurga since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 139 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
- 3,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,980 ha
- Overall change
- +522 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chitradurga grew from about 3,460 hectares to 3,980 hectares, a net gain of about 522 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 526 hectares, while 5 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
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- Air quality
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- 54%
- Air quality
- 73
- Ranebennur94.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 71
- Shivamogga95.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 73
- Hosapete116.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 58
- Ballari116.7 km
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- Tree cover
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chitradurga right now?
The latest reading for Chitradurga shows an AQI of 60 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chitradurga today?
At AQI 60 (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 Chitradurga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chitradurga's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 34 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 140 on Nov 10. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Chitradurga'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 Chitradurga lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Chitradurga since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 139 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Chitradurga grew from about 3,460 hectares to 3,980 hectares, a net gain of about 522 hectares (+15%). New forest grew on about 526 hectares, while 5 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Chitradurga?
Chitradurga has an estimated 69,429 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 22.1% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chitradurga need?
Chitradurga needs roughly 24,819 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 546.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chitradurga'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 Chickpet; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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