City report · West Bengal, India
Jaigaon Air quality today
Air quality in Jaigaon currently reads AQI 78 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 78
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.6
- tree cover
- 34.3%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Mechiabasti, West Bengal 736182, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jaigaon · AQI 78 (Moderate)
Jaigaon's tree count comes to 107,757 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jaigaon today: AQI 78, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · College of Science and Technology,Phuentsholing Bhutan, 1.7 km away · median of 7 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
23.6
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Bharat
- 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 Jaigaon's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 7.
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 Jaigaon: Healthy tree cover
34.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
107,757
Target trees
107,757
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jaigaon lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jaigaon has lost about 992 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 6.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 992 haabout 1,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 622 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 369 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 5 ha | 14 ha |
| 2003 | 13 ha | 13 ha | 26 ha |
| 2004 | 14 ha | 9 ha | 23 ha |
| 2005 | 5 ha | 11 ha | 16 ha |
| 2006 | 30 ha | 11 ha | 41 ha |
| 2007 | 15 ha | 31 ha | 46 ha |
| 2008 | 31 ha | 53 ha | 84 ha |
| 2009 | 35 ha | 22 ha | 57 ha |
| 2010 | 265 ha | 104 ha | 369 ha |
| 2011 | 43 ha | 11 ha | 54 ha |
| 2012 | 48 ha | 2 ha | 49 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 13 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | 14 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 13 ha | 17 ha |
| 2020 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 13 ha | 9 ha | 23 ha |
| 2022 | 17 ha | 5 ha | 22 ha |
| 2023 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 30 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | 3 ha | 20 ha |
| 2025 | 15 ha | 20 ha | 35 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jaigaon?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good51% · 504 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back29% · 285 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6% · 60 ha
Also: logging, 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
- 21,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,300 ha
- Overall change
- +309 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jaigaon stayed about the same size, at about 21,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 1,450 hectares, and about 1,140 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 Jaigaon right now?
The latest reading for Jaigaon shows an AQI of 78 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 7 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is College of Science and Technology,Phuentsholing Bhutan, 1.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jaigaon today?
At AQI 78 (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 Jaigaon been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jaigaon's daily AQI at 101 on average, from 70 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jaigaon'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 Jaigaon lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jaigaon has lost about 992 hectares of forest (about 1,400 football pitches): 6.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jaigaon stayed about the same size, at about 21,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 1,450 hectares, and about 1,140 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jaigaon?
Jaigaon has an estimated 107,757 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jaigaon need?
Jaigaon has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Jaigaon's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Mechiabasti, 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 Mechiabasti; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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