City report · Chhattisgarh, India
Raipur Air quality today
Air quality in Raipur currently reads AQI 86 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 86
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.7
- tree cover
- 23.3%
- trees in this area
- 68.8K
- more trees needed
- 19.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Budhapara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Raipur · AQI 86 (Moderate)
Raipur's tree count comes to 68,807 trees across 11.82 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,786 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Raipur today: AQI 86, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Krishak Nagar, Raipur - CECB, 7.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.7
PM10
80.8
NO₂
24.0
O₃
3.8
SO₂
11.3
CO
0.8
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Raipur's daily AQI at 171 on average, from 160 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 215 on Nov 8.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Raipur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Raipur: Below target
23.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
68,807
Target trees
88,593
More trees needed
19,786
CO₂ if planted / yr
435.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Raipur lost?
There was almost no forest around Raipur 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 March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 174 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 255 ha
- Overall change
- +81 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Raipur grew from about 174 hectares to 255 hectares, a net gain of about 81 hectares (+47%). New forest grew on about 85 hectares, while 4 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 Raipur right now?
The latest reading for Raipur shows an AQI of 86 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 19:30 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Krishak Nagar, Raipur - CECB, 7.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Raipur today?
At AQI 86 (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 Raipur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Raipur's daily AQI at 171 on average, from 160 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 215 on Nov 8. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Raipur'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 Raipur lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Raipur 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 Raipur grew from about 174 hectares to 255 hectares, a net gain of about 81 hectares (+47%). New forest grew on about 85 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Raipur?
Raipur has an estimated 68,807 trees across the 11.82 km² of land measured — 23.3% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Raipur need?
Raipur needs roughly 19,786 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 435.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Raipur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Budhapara, 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 Budhapara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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