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Dhirkot Air quality today

Air quality in Dhirkot currently reads AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Air quality right now

AQI 115

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
41.2
tree cover
78.0%
trees in this area
245K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Dhirkot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Dhirkot · AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Jul 13, 2026

Dhirkot's tree count comes to 245,044 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Dhirkot today: AQI 115, Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Govt Boys High School Rawat Murree, 14.2 km away · median of 2 stations

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

41.2

PM10

—

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit

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 Dhirkot's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 86 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 4.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 100 · peak 159
Nov 4: AQI 113 (peak 159)Nov 5: AQI 110 (peak 153)Nov 6: AQI 86 (peak 130)Nov 7: AQI 98 (peak 142)Nov 8: AQI 89 (peak 131)Nov 9: AQI 102 (peak 150)Nov 10: AQI 101 (peak 149)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Dhirkot: Healthy tree cover

78.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

Target reached

Trees in this area

245,044

Target trees

245,044

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Dhirkot lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dhirkot has lost about 2 hectares of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The satellites couldn't tell what caused most of it. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.

Satellite image of the area around Dhirkot, July 2017

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

Forest lost since 2001
2 ha
Share of its forest
under 1%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year around Dhirkot, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Dhirkot, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.6

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Forest lost each year around Dhirkot, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
22,000 ha
Forest in 2020
22,900 ha
Overall change
+892 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dhirkot grew from about 22,000 hectares to 22,900 hectares, a net gain of about 892 hectares (+4.1%). New forest grew on about 908 hectares, while 16 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 Dhirkot right now?

The latest reading for Dhirkot shows an AQI of 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Govt Boys High School Rawat Murree, 14.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Dhirkot today?

At AQI 115 (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 Dhirkot been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dhirkot's daily AQI at 100 on average, from 86 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 4. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Dhirkot lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dhirkot has lost about 2 hectares of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The satellites couldn't tell what caused most of it. Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dhirkot grew from about 22,000 hectares to 22,900 hectares, a net gain of about 892 hectares (+4.1%). New forest grew on about 908 hectares, while 16 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Dhirkot?

Dhirkot has an estimated 245,044 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 78.0% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Dhirkot need?

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

How are Dhirkot's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Dhirkot, 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 Dhirkot; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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