City report · West Bengal, India
Hābra Air quality today
Air quality in Hābra currently reads AQI 85 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 85
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 28.3
- tree cover
- 80.1%
- trees in this area
- 252K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Habra, West Bengal, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hābra · AQI 85 (Moderate)
Hābra's tree count comes to 251,642 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hābra today: AQI 85, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 24 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 24 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Kolkata and Bhatpara
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
28.3
PM10
62.6
NO₂
24.3
O₃
53.0
SO₂
22.1
CO
1003.0
- 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 Hābra's daily AQI at 155 on average, from 104 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 8.
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 Hābra: Healthy tree cover
80.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
251,642
Target trees
251,642
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hābra lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hābra has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (38%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1 ha
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 Hābra?
- Towns and roadscleared for good38% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.7% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown69% · under 1 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
- 12,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,100 ha
- Overall change
- +756 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hābra grew from about 12,400 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net gain of about 756 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 768 hectares, while 12 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Bangaon28.8 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Hābra right now?
The latest reading for Hābra shows an AQI of 85 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 24 ground-station cities within 225 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 Hābra today?
At AQI 85 (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 Hābra been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hābra's daily AQI at 155 on average, from 104 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 8. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Hābra'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 Hābra lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hābra has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (38%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hābra grew from about 12,400 hectares to 13,100 hectares, a net gain of about 756 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 768 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Hābra?
Hābra has an estimated 251,642 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 80.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hābra need?
Hābra has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Hābra'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 Habra; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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