City report · Sindh, Pakistan
Hyderabad Air quality today
Air quality in Hyderabad currently reads AQI 301 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 301
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 225.6
- tree cover
- 5.6%
- trees in this area
- 17.5K
- more trees needed
- 123K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Domanwa Road Hyderabad, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hyderabad · AQI 301 (Hazardous)
Hyderabad's tree count comes to 17,470 trees across 12.48 km² of land, 39 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 122,912 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hyderabad today: AQI 301, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Dawlance Factory (URIL) Hyderabad, 2.6 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
225.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی), The Urban Unit
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hyderabad's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 57 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 5.
Where Hyderabad stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hyderabad: Critically low
5.6% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
17,470
Target trees
140,382
More trees needed
122,912
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,704 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hyderabad lost?
There was almost no forest around Hyderabad 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 April 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 88 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 158 ha
- Overall change
- +70 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hyderabad grew from about 88 hectares to 158 hectares, a net gain of about 70 hectares. New forest grew on about 70 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Hyderabad right now?
The latest reading for Hyderabad shows an AQI of 301 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Dawlance Factory (URIL) Hyderabad, 2.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Hyderabad today?
At AQI 301 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Hyderabad been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hyderabad's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 57 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Hyderabad lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Hyderabad 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 Hyderabad grew from about 88 hectares to 158 hectares, a net gain of about 70 hectares. New forest grew on about 70 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Hyderabad?
Hyderabad has an estimated 17,470 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 5.6% tree cover, 39 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hyderabad need?
Hyderabad needs roughly 122,912 more trees to close a 39-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,704 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hyderabad's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Domanwa Road Hyderabad, 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 Domanwa Road Hyderabad; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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