City report · Balochistan, Pakistan
Hub Air quality today
Air quality in Hub currently reads AQI 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 118
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 42.4
- tree cover
- 2.3%
- trees in this area
- 7.2K
- more trees needed
- 103K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sheikh Muhammad Akram Lasi Colony, Hub, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hub · AQI 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Hub's tree count comes to 7,218 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 33 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 102,627 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hub today: AQI 118, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Orangi Pilot Project, 16.7 km away · median of 9 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
42.4
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
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CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- 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 Hub's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 61 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 4.
Where Hub stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hub: Critically low
2.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
7,218
Target trees
109,845
More trees needed
102,627
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,258 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hub lost?
There was almost no forest around Hub in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 67 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 126 ha
- Overall change
- +59 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hub grew from about 67 hectares to 126 hectares, a net gain of about 59 hectares. New forest grew on about 64 hectares, while 6 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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- 0%
- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Hub right now?
The latest reading for Hub shows an AQI of 118 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 9 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Orangi Pilot Project, 16.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Hub today?
At AQI 118 (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 Hub been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hub's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 61 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 83 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Hub lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Hub in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hub grew from about 67 hectares to 126 hectares, a net gain of about 59 hectares. New forest grew on about 64 hectares, while 6 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Hub?
Hub has an estimated 7,218 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 2.3% tree cover, 33 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hub need?
Hub needs roughly 102,627 more trees to close a 33-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,258 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hub's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sheikh Muhammad Akram Lasi Colony, 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 Sheikh Muhammad Akram Lasi Colony; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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