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Deoghar Air quality today

Air quality in Deoghar currently reads AQI 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Air quality right now

AQI 133

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
52.7
tree cover
45.2%
trees in this area
142K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Shivganga Muhalla, Deoghar, Jharkhand 814112, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Deoghar · AQI 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 18, 2026

Deoghar's tree count comes to 141,858 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Deoghar today: AQI 133, Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Dhanbad and Kulti

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

52.7

PM10

71.0

NO₂

8.5

O₃

82.0

SO₂

11.1

CO

412.0

Outdoor exercise
Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
Windows
Close them to keep the outside air out
Mask
Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
Air purifier
Run one, especially in bedrooms

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Deoghar's daily AQI at 149 on average, from 98 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 7.

Last 7 daysavg 149 · peak 187
Nov 5: AQI 168 (peak 181)Nov 6: AQI 174 (peak 184)Nov 7: AQI 175 (peak 187)Nov 8: AQI 163 (peak 187)Nov 9: AQI 98 (peak 129)Nov 10: AQI 121 (peak 160)Nov 11: AQI 145 (peak 152)
Nov 5Nov 11

This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide

Where Deoghar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Deoghar: Healthy tree cover

45.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

141,858

Target trees

141,858

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Deoghar lost?

There was almost no forest around Deoghar in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Deoghar, February 2017

2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
1,190 ha
Forest in 2020
1,600 ha
Overall change
+417 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Deoghar grew from about 1,190 hectares to 1,600 hectares, a net gain of about 417 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 425 hectares, while 9 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 Deoghar

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Giridih

    India

    52.0 km
    Tree cover
    29%
    Air quality
    103
  • Dhanbad

    India

    81.7 km
    Tree cover
    43%
    Air quality
    105
  • Kulti

    India

    85.6 km
    Tree cover
    45%
    Air quality
    156
  • 88.3 km
    Tree cover
    24%
    Air quality
    139
  • 94.2 km
    Tree cover
    42%
    Air quality
    156
  • 95.4 km
    Tree cover
    29%
    Air quality
    177

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Questions about Deoghar

What is the air quality (AQI) in Deoghar right now?

The latest reading for Deoghar shows an AQI of 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Deoghar today?

At AQI 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Deoghar been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Deoghar's daily AQI at 149 on average, from 98 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 187 on Nov 7. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Deoghar'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 Deoghar lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Deoghar in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Deoghar grew from about 1,190 hectares to 1,600 hectares, a net gain of about 417 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 425 hectares, while 9 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Deoghar?

Deoghar has an estimated 141,858 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 45.2% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Deoghar need?

Deoghar has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Deoghar'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 Shivganga Muhalla; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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