City report · Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Kafrul Air quality today
Air quality in Kafrul currently reads AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 122
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 44.0
- tree cover
- 19.6%
- trees in this area
- 61.1K
- more trees needed
- 48.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around West Shewrapara, Dhaka, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kafrul · AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Kafrul's tree count comes to 61,083 trees across 12.47 km² of land, 15 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 47,993 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kafrul today: AQI 122, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Kalshi, Mirpur-12 | Dhaka l Smart Air Bangladesh, 3.9 km away · median of 10 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
44.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Smart Air Bangladesh, RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kafrul's daily AQI at 151 on average, from 112 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 243 on Nov 9.
Where Kafrul stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kafrul: Critically low
19.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
61,083
Target trees
109,076
More trees needed
47,993
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,056 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kafrul lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafrul has lost about 45 hectares of forest (about 63 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 45 haabout 63 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 32 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 12 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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kafrul?
- Towns and roadscleared for good64% · 29 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.8% · 4 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.2% · 1 ha
Also: 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
- 1,980 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,100 ha
- Overall change
- +121 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kafrul grew from about 1,980 hectares to 2,100 hectares, a net gain of about 121 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 238 hectares, while 116 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 Kafrul right now?
The latest reading for Kafrul shows an AQI of 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 10 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Kalshi, Mirpur-12 | Dhaka l Smart Air Bangladesh, 3.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kafrul today?
At AQI 122 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kafrul been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kafrul's daily AQI at 151 on average, from 112 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 243 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kafrul lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kafrul has lost about 45 hectares of forest (about 63 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kafrul grew from about 1,980 hectares to 2,100 hectares, a net gain of about 121 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 238 hectares, while 116 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kafrul?
Kafrul has an estimated 61,083 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 19.6% tree cover, 15 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kafrul need?
Kafrul needs roughly 47,993 more trees to close a 15-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,056 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kafrul's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near West Shewrapara, 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 West Shewrapara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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