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Delhi Cantonment Air quality today
Air quality in Delhi Cantonment currently reads AQI 189 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 189
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 110.4
- tree cover
- 61.9%
- trees in this area
- 194K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Baird Place, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi, Delhi 110010, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 10, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Delhi Cantonment · AQI 189 (Unhealthy)
Delhi Cantonment's tree count comes to 194,465 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Delhi Cantonment today: AQI 189, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Pusa, Delhi - DPCC, 4.6 km away · median of 14 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
110.4
PM10
277.3
NO₂
135.1
O₃
9.4
SO₂
31.2
CO
2.0
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow, CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Delhi Cantonment's daily AQI at 198 on average, from 173 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 267 on Nov 10.
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 Delhi Cantonment: Healthy tree cover
61.9% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
194,465
Target trees
194,465
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Delhi Cantonment lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Delhi Cantonment has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4 haabout 5 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost.
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 | 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 Delhi Cantonment?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 2 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good8.6% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown37% · 1 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
- 364 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 528 ha
- Overall change
- +164 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Delhi Cantonment grew from about 364 hectares to 528 hectares, a net gain of about 164 hectares (+45%). New forest grew on about 183 hectares, while 19 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 Delhi Cantonment right now?
The latest reading for Delhi Cantonment shows an AQI of 189 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 14 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Pusa, Delhi - DPCC, 4.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Delhi Cantonment today?
At AQI 189 (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 Delhi Cantonment been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Delhi Cantonment's daily AQI at 198 on average, from 173 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 267 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Delhi Cantonment'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 Delhi Cantonment lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Delhi Cantonment has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 5 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Delhi Cantonment grew from about 364 hectares to 528 hectares, a net gain of about 164 hectares (+45%). New forest grew on about 183 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Delhi Cantonment?
Delhi Cantonment has an estimated 194,465 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 61.9% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Delhi Cantonment need?
Delhi Cantonment has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Delhi Cantonment's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Baird Place, 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 Baird Place; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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