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Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee Air quality today
Air quality in Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee currently reads AQI 69 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 69
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 13.6
- tree cover
- 28.0%
- trees in this area
- 47.5K
- more trees needed
- 3.4K
Measured across a 1.5 km radius around Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee, India (7.07 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee · AQI 69 (Moderate)
Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee's tree count comes to 47,501 trees across 6.79 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 3,393 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee today: AQI 69, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 09:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Yamuna Nagar and Meerut
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
13.6
PM10
15.5
NO₂
13.2
O₃
71.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
585.0
- 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 Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 90 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 Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee: Below target
28.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 6.79 km² of land.
Trees in this area
47,501
Target trees
50,894
More trees needed
3,393
CO₂ if planted / yr
74.6 t
Frequently asked
Questions about Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee
What is the air quality (AQI) in Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee right now?
The latest reading for Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee shows an AQI of 69 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 09:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 105 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 Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee today?
At AQI 69 (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 Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 90 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 Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee'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.
What is the tree count in Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee?
Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee has an estimated 47,501 trees across the 6.79 km² of land measured — 28.0% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee need?
Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee needs roughly 3,393 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 74.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lal Kurti Cantonment, Roorkee'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 1.5 km radius around Lal Kurti Cantonment; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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