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Jhelum Air quality today
Air quality in Jhelum currently reads AQI 243 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 243
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 168.0
- tree cover
- 25.8%
- trees in this area
- 71.0K
- more trees needed
- 52.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Naya Mohalla Jhelum, Jhelum, 49600, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jhelum · AQI 243 (Very unhealthy)
Jhelum's tree count comes to 71,003 trees across 11.01 km² of land, 19 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 52,839 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jhelum today: AQI 243, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · PTC Jhelum GT Rd, 6.6 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
168.0
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jhelum's daily AQI at 155 on average, from 101 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 250 on Nov 11.
Where Jhelum stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jhelum: Critically low
25.8% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.01 km² of land.
Trees in this area
71,003
Target trees
123,842
More trees needed
52,839
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,162 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jhelum lost?
There was almost no forest around Jhelum 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 78 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 118 ha
- Overall change
- +40 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jhelum grew from about 78 hectares to 118 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares. New forest grew on about 40 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Jhelum right now?
The latest reading for Jhelum shows an AQI of 243 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the PTC Jhelum GT Rd ground monitoring station, 6.6 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jhelum today?
At AQI 243 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Jhelum been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jhelum's daily AQI at 155 on average, from 101 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 250 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jhelum lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Jhelum 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 Jhelum grew from about 78 hectares to 118 hectares, a net gain of about 40 hectares. New forest grew on about 40 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Jhelum?
Jhelum has an estimated 71,003 trees across the 11.01 km² of land measured — 25.8% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jhelum need?
Jhelum needs roughly 52,839 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,162 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jhelum's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Naya Mohalla Jhelum, 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 Naya Mohalla Jhelum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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