City report · Uttarakhand, India
Haridwar Air quality today
Air quality in Haridwar currently reads AQI 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 112
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 40.1
- tree cover
- 53.5%
- trees in this area
- 147K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sharvan Nath Nagar, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 249401, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Haridwar · AQI 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Haridwar's tree count comes to 147,066 trees across 11 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Haridwar today: AQI 112, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Shivaji Nagar, Rishikesh - UKPCB, 18.7 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
40.1
PM10
57.3
NO₂
12.0
O₃
22.1
SO₂
6.5
CO
1.1
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Haridwar's daily AQI at 122 on average, from 96 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 170 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 Haridwar: Healthy tree cover
53.5% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11 km² of land.
Trees in this area
147,066
Target trees
147,066
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Haridwar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haridwar has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (47%). About 7 hectares (47%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 14 haabout 20 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 7 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 4 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Haridwar?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 7 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back13% · 2 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9% · 1 ha
Also: wildfires, 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
- 17,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,700 ha
- Overall change
- +238 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haridwar stayed about the same size, at about 17,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 315 hectares, and about 77 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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Questions about Haridwar
What is the air quality (AQI) in Haridwar right now?
The latest reading for Haridwar shows an AQI of 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by the Shivaji Nagar, Rishikesh - UKPCB ground monitoring station, 18.7 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Haridwar today?
At AQI 112 (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 Haridwar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Haridwar's daily AQI at 122 on average, from 96 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 5. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Haridwar'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 Haridwar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Haridwar has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (47%). About 7 hectares (47%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Haridwar stayed about the same size, at about 17,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 315 hectares, and about 77 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Haridwar?
Haridwar has an estimated 147,066 trees across the 11 km² of land measured — 53.5% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Haridwar need?
Haridwar has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Haridwar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sharvan Nath Nagar, 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 Sharvan Nath Nagar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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