City report · Uttarakhand, India
Haldwani Air quality today
Air quality in Haldwani currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 54
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.1
- tree cover
- 22.8%
- trees in this area
- 71.6K
- more trees needed
- 22.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Heera Nagar, Haldwani, Uttarakhand 263139, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Haldwani · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Haldwani's tree count comes to 71,557 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 22,597 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Haldwani today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 24 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 24 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Kashipur and Moradabad
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.1
PM10
9.9
NO₂
21.7
O₃
33.0
SO₂
2.6
CO
174.0
- 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 Haldwani's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 60 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 5.
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 Haldwani: Below target
22.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
71,557
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
22,597
CO₂ if planted / yr
497.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Haldwani lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haldwani has lost about 452 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 2.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (20%). About 126 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from February 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 452 haabout 630 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 126 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 197 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 17 ha |
| 2002 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 46 ha | 59 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | 14 ha | 20 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 5 ha | 40 ha | 44 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2025 | 20 ha | 177 ha | 197 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Haldwani?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · 92 ha
- Loggingcan grow back19% · 87 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back16% · 70 ha
Also: towns and roads, shifting farming, 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
- 18,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,100 ha
- Overall change
- +24 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haldwani stayed about the same size, at about 18,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 358 hectares, and about 334 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 Haldwani right now?
The latest reading for Haldwani shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 24 ground-station cities within 245 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 Haldwani today?
At AQI 54 (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 Haldwani been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Haldwani's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 60 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Haldwani'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 Haldwani lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haldwani has lost about 452 hectares of forest (about 630 football pitches): 2.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (20%). About 126 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haldwani stayed about the same size, at about 18,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 358 hectares, and about 334 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Haldwani?
Haldwani has an estimated 71,557 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 22.8% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Haldwani need?
Haldwani needs roughly 22,597 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 497.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Haldwani'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 Heera Nagar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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