City report · Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Gazipur Air quality today
Air quality in Gazipur currently reads AQI 124 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 124
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 45.0
- tree cover
- 61.7%
- trees in this area
- 193K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Gazipur, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gazipur · AQI 124 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Gazipur's tree count comes to 193,061 trees across 12.52 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gazipur today: AQI 124, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Kaliganj | Gazipur | Smart Air Bangladesh, 16.1 km away · median of 10 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
45.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Smart Air Bangladesh, RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project
- 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 Gazipur's daily AQI at 149 on average, from 117 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 242 on Nov 9.
Where Gazipur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gazipur: Healthy tree cover
61.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
193,061
Target trees
193,061
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gazipur lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gazipur has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (20%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 30 haabout 43 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 8 hectares 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 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 | 4 ha | 4 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 | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 Gazipur?
- Loggingcan grow back60% · 18 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · 4 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good7.6% · 2 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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
- 10,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,900 ha
- Overall change
- +1,860 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gazipur grew from about 10,100 hectares to 11,900 hectares, a net gain of about 1,860 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 1,940 hectares, while 84 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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- Air quality
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Questions about Gazipur
What is the air quality (AQI) in Gazipur right now?
The latest reading for Gazipur shows an AQI of 124 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 10 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Kaliganj | Gazipur | Smart Air Bangladesh, 16.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gazipur today?
At AQI 124 (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 Gazipur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gazipur's daily AQI at 149 on average, from 117 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 242 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Gazipur lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gazipur has lost about 30 hectares of forest (about 43 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 6 hectares (20%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gazipur grew from about 10,100 hectares to 11,900 hectares, a net gain of about 1,860 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 1,940 hectares, while 84 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gazipur?
Gazipur has an estimated 193,061 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 61.7% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gazipur need?
Gazipur has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Gazipur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Gazipur, 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 Gazipur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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