City report · Karnataka, India
Gangavati Air quality today
Air quality in Gangavati currently reads AQI 61 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 61
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.1
- tree cover
- 13.7%
- trees in this area
- 43.0K
- more trees needed
- 51.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Vidya Nagar, Gangavathi, Karnataka 583227, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gangavati · AQI 61 (Moderate)
Gangavati's tree count comes to 43,040 trees across 12.57 km², 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 51,208 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gangavati today: AQI 61, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Gadag-Betageri and Bagalkot
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.1
PM10
17.2
NO₂
6.9
O₃
73.0
SO₂
6.2
CO
381.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gangavati's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 36 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 149 on Nov 9.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Gangavati stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gangavati: Critically low
13.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
43,040
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
51,208
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,127 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gangavati lost?
There was almost no forest around Gangavati 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.
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
- 559 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 610 ha
- Overall change
- +51 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gangavati grew from about 559 hectares to 610 hectares, a net gain of about 51 hectares (+9.1%). New forest grew on about 55 hectares, while 3 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 Gangavati right now?
The latest reading for Gangavati shows an AQI of 61 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gangavati today?
At AQI 61 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Gangavati been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gangavati's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 36 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 149 on Nov 9. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Gangavati'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 Gangavati lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Gangavati 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 Gangavati grew from about 559 hectares to 610 hectares, a net gain of about 51 hectares (+9.1%). New forest grew on about 55 hectares, while 3 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gangavati?
Gangavati has an estimated 43,040 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.7% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gangavati need?
Gangavati needs roughly 51,208 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,127 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gangavati'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 Vidya Nagar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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