City report · Punjab, India
Jalandhar Air quality today
Air quality in Jalandhar currently reads AQI 177 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 177
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 92.4
- tree cover
- 16.6%
- trees in this area
- 52.1K
- more trees needed
- 73.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pacca Bagh, Jalandhar, Punjab 144001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jalandhar · AQI 177 (Unhealthy)
Jalandhar's tree count comes to 52,150 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,513 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jalandhar today: AQI 177, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Civil Line, Jalandhar - PPCB, 400 m away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
92.4
PM10
152.5
NO₂
95.2
O₃
13.8
SO₂
39.9
CO
2.2
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 Jalandhar's daily AQI at 162 on average, from 139 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 8.
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 Jalandhar: Critically low
16.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
52,150
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
73,513
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,617 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jalandhar lost?
There was almost no forest around Jalandhar 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Jalandhar
What is the air quality (AQI) in Jalandhar right now?
The latest reading for Jalandhar shows an AQI of 177 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 21:30 local time by the Civil Line, Jalandhar - PPCB ground monitoring station, 400 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jalandhar today?
At AQI 177 (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 Jalandhar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jalandhar's daily AQI at 162 on average, from 139 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 8. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jalandhar'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 Jalandhar lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Jalandhar 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.
What is the tree count in Jalandhar?
Jalandhar has an estimated 52,150 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.6% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jalandhar need?
Jalandhar needs roughly 73,513 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,617 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jalandhar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Pacca Bagh, 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 Pacca Bagh; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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