City report · Andhra Pradesh, India
Gudivāda Air quality today
Air quality in Gudivāda currently reads AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 102
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.1
- tree cover
- 23.2%
- trees in this area
- 72.2K
- more trees needed
- 36.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Satyanarayana Puram, Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gudivāda · AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Gudivāda's tree count comes to 72,229 trees across 12.46 km² of land, 12 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,737 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gudivāda today: AQI 102, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 45 km, e.g. Machilipatnam and Eluru
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.1
PM10
52.2
NO₂
17.6
O₃
35.0
SO₂
10.1
CO
533.0
- 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 Gudivāda's daily AQI at 124 on average, from 57 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 193 on Nov 9.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Gudivāda stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gudivāda: Below target
23.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
72,229
Target trees
108,966
More trees needed
36,737
CO₂ if planted / yr
808.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gudivāda lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Gudivāda since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 109 hectares there in 2000.
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
- 640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 686 ha
- Overall change
- +46 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gudivāda grew from about 640 hectares to 686 hectares, a net gain of about 46 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 51 hectares, while 5 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 Gudivāda
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Machilīpatnam31.5 km
India
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 121
- Eluru33.0 km
India
- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 133
- Vijayawada38.1 km
India
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 107
- Thenali43.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 83
- Mangalagiri45.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 107
- Amaravati51.9 km
India
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 99
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Gudivāda right now?
The latest reading for Gudivāda shows an AQI of 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 45 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 Gudivāda today?
At AQI 102 (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 Gudivāda been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gudivāda's daily AQI at 124 on average, from 57 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 193 on Nov 9. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Gudivāda'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 Gudivāda lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Gudivāda since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 109 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gudivāda grew from about 640 hectares to 686 hectares, a net gain of about 46 hectares (+7.2%). New forest grew on about 51 hectares, while 5 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gudivāda?
Gudivāda has an estimated 72,229 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 23.2% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gudivāda need?
Gudivāda needs roughly 36,737 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 808.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gudivāda'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 Satyanarayana Puram; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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