City report · Jammu and Kashmir, India
Jammu Air quality today
Air quality in Jammu currently reads AQI 340 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 340
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 245.2
- tree cover
- 25.0%
- trees in this area
- 78.2K
- more trees needed
- 62.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jammu · AQI 340 (Hazardous)
Jammu's tree count comes to 78,226 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 20 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,581 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jammu today: AQI 340, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Talab Tillo Jammu, 2.8 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
245.2
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, BreatheOSS
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jammu's daily AQI at 108 on average, from 94 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 168 on Nov 10.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Jammu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jammu: Critically low
25.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,226
Target trees
140,807
More trees needed
62,581
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,377 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jammu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jammu has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 53 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 38 haabout 53 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 28 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 11 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jammu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good30% · 11 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good30% · 11 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · 5 ha
Also: wildfires, logging, 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
- 6,110 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,540 ha
- Overall change
- +431 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jammu grew from about 6,110 hectares to 6,540 hectares, a net gain of about 431 hectares (+7.1%). New forest grew on about 503 hectares, while 72 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 Jammu right now?
The latest reading for Jammu shows an AQI of 340 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 20:30 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Talab Tillo Jammu, 2.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jammu today?
At AQI 340 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Jammu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jammu's daily AQI at 108 on average, from 94 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 168 on Nov 10. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Jammu'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 Jammu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jammu has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 53 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jammu grew from about 6,110 hectares to 6,540 hectares, a net gain of about 431 hectares (+7.1%). New forest grew on about 503 hectares, while 72 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jammu?
Jammu has an estimated 78,226 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 25.0% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jammu need?
Jammu needs roughly 62,581 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,377 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jammu's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jammu, 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 Jammu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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