City report · Uttar Pradesh, India
Farrukhābād Air quality today
Air quality in Farrukhābād currently reads AQI 150 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 150
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 62.8
- tree cover
- 23.0%
- trees in this area
- 72.3K
- more trees needed
- 37.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Farrukhābād · AQI 150 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Farrukhābād's tree count comes to 72,257 trees across 12.57 km², 12 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,699 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Farrukhābād today: AQI 150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 22 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 22 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Haziyapur and Firozabad
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
62.8
PM10
75.9
NO₂
46.1
O₃
56.0
SO₂
18.0
CO
557.0
- 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 Farrukhābād's daily AQI at 190 on average, from 169 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 259 on Nov 6.
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 Farrukhābād: Below target
23.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
72,257
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
37,699
CO₂ if planted / yr
829.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Farrukhābād lost?
There was very little forest around Farrukhābād in 2000, about 40 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2011, 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 | 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Farrukhābād?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back39% · 3 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown49% · 3 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
- 271 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 298 ha
- Overall change
- +27 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Farrukhābād grew from about 271 hectares to 298 hectares, a net gain of about 27 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 36 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
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Farrukhābād right now?
The latest reading for Farrukhābād shows an AQI of 150 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 22 ground-station cities within 245 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 Farrukhābād today?
At AQI 150 (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 Farrukhābād been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Farrukhābād's daily AQI at 190 on average, from 169 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 259 on Nov 6. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Farrukhābād'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 Farrukhābād lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Farrukhābād in 2000, about 40 hectares, and about 7 hectares of it has been lost 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 Farrukhābād grew from about 271 hectares to 298 hectares, a net gain of about 27 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 36 hectares, while 9 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Farrukhābād?
Farrukhābād has an estimated 72,257 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 23.0% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Farrukhābād need?
Farrukhābād needs roughly 37,699 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 829.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Farrukhābād'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 Farrukhabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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