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Gurugram Air quality today

Air quality in Gurugram currently reads AQI 198 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

Air quality right now

AQI 198

Unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
122.4
tree cover
16.0%
trees in this area
50.3K
more trees needed
75.4K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Jacobpura, Sector 12, Gurugram, Haryana 122001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Gurugram · AQI 198 (Unhealthy)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 25, 2026

Gurugram's tree count comes to 50,265 trees across 12.57 km², 24 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 75,398 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Gurugram today: AQI 198, Unhealthy

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

Ground station · Vikas Sadan, Gurugram - HSPCB, 1.1 km away · median of 2 stations

Health signal

Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

PM2.5

122.4

PM10

292.1

NO₂

54.4

O₃

11.2

SO₂

33.0

CO

1.3

Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)

Outdoor exercise
Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
Windows
Keep them closed
Mask
Wear an N95 outdoors
Air purifier
Run one

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gurugram's daily AQI at 213 on average, from 186 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 280 on Nov 5.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 213 · peak 280
Nov 4: AQI 235 (peak 271)Nov 5: AQI 249 (peak 280)Nov 6: AQI 222 (peak 256)Nov 7: AQI 186 (peak 222)Nov 8: AQI 201 (peak 244)Nov 9: AQI 187 (peak 226)Nov 10: AQI 212 (peak 230)
Nov 4Nov 10

This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide

Where Gurugram stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Gurugram: Critically low

16.0% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

24 points below target

Trees in this area

50,265

Target trees

125,663

More trees needed

75,398

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,659 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Gurugram lost?

There was very little forest around Gurugram in 2000, about 8 hectares, and about 2 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.

Satellite image of the area around Gurugram, April 2017

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

Forest lost each year around Gurugram, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Gurugram, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.3

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Forest lost each year around Gurugram, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
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What is causing deforestation around Gurugram?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good5.3% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown89% · 2 ha

Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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Questions about Gurugram

What is the air quality (AQI) in Gurugram right now?

The latest reading for Gurugram shows an AQI of 198 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Vikas Sadan, Gurugram - HSPCB, 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Gurugram today?

At AQI 198 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Gurugram been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gurugram's daily AQI at 213 on average, from 186 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 280 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Gurugram'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 Gurugram lost since 2001?

There was very little forest around Gurugram in 2000, about 8 hectares, and about 2 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.

What is the tree count in Gurugram?

Gurugram has an estimated 50,265 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.0% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Gurugram need?

Gurugram needs roughly 75,398 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,659 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

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

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

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