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Jagdalpur Air quality today

Air quality in Jagdalpur currently reads AQI 65 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 65

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
18.0
tree cover
31.4%
trees in this area
97.0K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh 494001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Jagdalpur · AQI 65 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 21, 2026

Jagdalpur's tree count comes to 96,969 trees across 12.36 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Jagdalpur today: AQI 65, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Gajuwaka and Visakhapatnam

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

18.0

PM10

64.7

NO₂

5.7

O₃

76.0

SO₂

10.3

CO

367.0

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 Jagdalpur's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 55 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 8.

Last 7 daysavg 121 · peak 161
Nov 5: AQI 55 (peak 80)Nov 6: AQI 126 (peak 157)Nov 7: AQI 140 (peak 159)Nov 8: AQI 146 (peak 161)Nov 9: AQI 130 (peak 157)Nov 10: AQI 125 (peak 152)Nov 11: AQI 126 (peak 134)
Nov 5Nov 11

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 Jagdalpur: Healthy tree cover

31.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.36 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

96,969

Target trees

96,969

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Jagdalpur lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jagdalpur has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.

Satellite image of the area around Jagdalpur, March 2017

2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
6 haabout 8 football pitches
Share of its forest
2.3%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2008, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Jagdalpur, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Jagdalpur, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.1.8

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Forest lost each year around Jagdalpur, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20072 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20081 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Jagdalpur?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 5 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back6.8% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown12% · under 1 ha

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
6,220 ha
Forest in 2020
6,940 ha
Overall change
+725 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jagdalpur grew from about 6,220 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net gain of about 725 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 735 hectares, while 10 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 Jagdalpur right now?

The latest reading for Jagdalpur shows an AQI of 65 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 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 Jagdalpur today?

At AQI 65 (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 Jagdalpur been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jagdalpur's daily AQI at 121 on average, from 55 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 8. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Jagdalpur'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 Jagdalpur lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jagdalpur has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jagdalpur grew from about 6,220 hectares to 6,940 hectares, a net gain of about 725 hectares (+12%). New forest grew on about 735 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Jagdalpur?

Jagdalpur has an estimated 96,969 trees across the 12.36 km² of land measured — 31.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Jagdalpur need?

Jagdalpur has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Jagdalpur'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 Jagdalpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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