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Imphal Air quality today
Air quality in Imphal currently reads AQI 34 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 34
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 8.9
- tree cover
- 11.6%
- trees in this area
- 36.4K
- more trees needed
- 57.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kangla, Imphal, Manipur 795001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Imphal · AQI 34 (Good)
Imphal's tree count comes to 36,406 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 57,747 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Imphal today: AQI 34, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Silchar and Barbheti
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
8.9
PM10
9.3
NO₂
13.9
O₃
34.0
SO₂
2.2
CO
510.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Imphal's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 117 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Imphal stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Imphal: Critically low
11.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
36,406
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
57,747
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,270 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Imphal lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Imphal has lost about 170 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 5.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was shifting farming (43%), after which forest can grow back. About 33 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 170 haabout 240 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 33 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 31 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 12 ha | 15 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 12 ha | 15 ha |
| 2016 | 10 ha | 22 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 25 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 9 ha | 10 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Imphal?
- Shifting farmingcan grow back43% · 73 ha
- Loggingcan grow back29% · 50 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good10% · 17 ha
Also: towns and roads, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, 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
- 5,990 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,260 ha
- Overall change
- +269 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Imphal grew from about 5,990 hectares to 6,260 hectares, a net gain of about 269 hectares (+4.5%). New forest grew on about 383 hectares, while 114 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 Imphal right now?
The latest reading for Imphal shows an AQI of 34 (Good), observed Nov 10, 19:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Imphal today?
At AQI 34 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Imphal been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Imphal's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 27 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 117 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Imphal'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 Imphal lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Imphal has lost about 170 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 5.6% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was shifting farming (43%), after which forest can grow back. About 33 hectares (19%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Imphal grew from about 5,990 hectares to 6,260 hectares, a net gain of about 269 hectares (+4.5%). New forest grew on about 383 hectares, while 114 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Imphal?
Imphal has an estimated 36,406 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 11.6% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Imphal need?
Imphal needs roughly 57,747 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,270 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Imphal'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 2 km radius around Kangla; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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