City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Chunian Air quality today
Air quality in Chunian currently reads AQI 283 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 283
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 208.0
- tree cover
- 8.2%
- trees in this area
- 25.6K
- more trees needed
- 115K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chunian, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Chunian · AQI 283 (Very unhealthy)
Chunian's tree count comes to 25,606 trees across 12.49 km² of land, 37 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 114,917 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Chunian today: AQI 283, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · NPPMCL-BALLOKI, 9.4 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
208.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- 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 Chunian's daily AQI at 229 on average, from 159 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 389 on Nov 11.
Where Chunian stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Chunian: Critically low
8.2% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
25,606
Target trees
140,523
More trees needed
114,917
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,528 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chunian lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chunian has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 43 haabout 60 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 28%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 40 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 20 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 20 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 |
What is causing deforestation around Chunian?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good93% · 40 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown4.6% · 2 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Chunian right now?
The latest reading for Chunian shows an AQI of 283 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the NPPMCL-BALLOKI ground monitoring station, 9.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Chunian today?
At AQI 283 (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 Chunian been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Chunian's daily AQI at 229 on average, from 159 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 389 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Chunian lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Chunian has lost about 43 hectares of forest (about 60 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
What is the tree count in Chunian?
Chunian has an estimated 25,606 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 8.2% tree cover, 37 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Chunian need?
Chunian needs roughly 114,917 more trees to close a 37-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,528 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Chunian's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chunian, 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 Chunian; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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