City report · Rajasthan, India
Jaipur Air quality today
Air quality in Jaipur currently reads AQI 163 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 163
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 73.2
- tree cover
- 20.1%
- trees in this area
- 63.1K
- more trees needed
- 62.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Hasanpura, Jaipur, Jaipur Nagar Nigam Area, Rajasthan, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jaipur · AQI 163 (Unhealthy)
Jaipur's tree count comes to 63,146 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,518 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jaipur today: AQI 163, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Police Commissionerate, Jaipur - RSPCB, 1.2 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
73.2
PM10
144.3
NO₂
133.5
O₃
15.6
SO₂
41.7
CO
1.5
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jaipur's daily AQI at 134 on average, from 114 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 6.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Jaipur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jaipur: Critically low
20.1% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
63,146
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
62,518
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,375 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jaipur lost?
There was almost no forest around Jaipur 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
- 223 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 297 ha
- Overall change
- +74 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jaipur grew from about 223 hectares to 297 hectares, a net gain of about 74 hectares (+33%). New forest grew on about 99 hectares, while 24 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 Jaipur right now?
The latest reading for Jaipur shows an AQI of 163 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:45 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Police Commissionerate, Jaipur - RSPCB, 1.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jaipur today?
At AQI 163 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Jaipur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jaipur's daily AQI at 134 on average, from 114 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 6. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jaipur'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 Jaipur lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Jaipur 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 Jaipur grew from about 223 hectares to 297 hectares, a net gain of about 74 hectares (+33%). New forest grew on about 99 hectares, while 24 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jaipur?
Jaipur has an estimated 63,146 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 20.1% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jaipur need?
Jaipur needs roughly 62,518 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,375 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jaipur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Hasanpura, 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 Hasanpura; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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