City report · Bihar, India
Darbhanga Air quality today
Air quality in Darbhanga currently reads AQI 153 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 153
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 66.2
- tree cover
- 29.2%
- trees in this area
- 87.5K
- more trees needed
- 32.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mirzapur, Darbhanga, Bihar 846004, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Darbhanga · AQI 153 (Unhealthy)
Darbhanga's tree count comes to 87,515 trees across 11.99 km² of land, 11 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,368 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Darbhanga today: AQI 153, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 13 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Muzaffarpur and Janakpur
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
66.2
PM10
97.6
NO₂
46.3
O₃
54.0
SO₂
21.6
CO
896.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Darbhanga's daily AQI at 174 on average, from 142 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 247 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Darbhanga: Below target
29.2% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.99 km² of land.
Trees in this area
87,515
Target trees
119,883
More trees needed
32,368
CO₂ if planted / yr
712.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Darbhanga lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Darbhanga has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (25%). About 1 hectare (31%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 |
What is causing deforestation around Darbhanga?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good25% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown72% · 2 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,390 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,580 ha
- Overall change
- +187 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Darbhanga grew from about 2,390 hectares to 2,580 hectares, a net gain of about 187 hectares (+7.8%). New forest grew on about 199 hectares, while 12 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 Darbhanga right now?
The latest reading for Darbhanga shows an AQI of 153 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Darbhanga today?
At AQI 153 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Darbhanga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Darbhanga's daily AQI at 174 on average, from 142 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 247 on Nov 7. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Darbhanga'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 Darbhanga lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Darbhanga has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (25%). About 1 hectare (31%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Darbhanga grew from about 2,390 hectares to 2,580 hectares, a net gain of about 187 hectares (+7.8%). New forest grew on about 199 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Darbhanga?
Darbhanga has an estimated 87,515 trees across the 11.99 km² of land measured — 29.2% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Darbhanga need?
Darbhanga needs roughly 32,368 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 712.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Darbhanga'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 Mirzapur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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