City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Kasur Air quality today
Air quality in Kasur currently reads AQI 690 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 690
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 420.6
- tree cover
- 10.8%
- trees in this area
- 33.9K
- more trees needed
- 107K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Walled City, Kasur, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kasur · AQI 690 (Hazardous)
Kasur's tree count comes to 33,929 trees across 12.57 km², 34 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 107,442 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kasur today: AQI 690, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · NGS School, Kasur, 2.5 km away
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
420.6
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit
- 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 Kasur's daily AQI at 216 on average, from 145 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 362 on Nov 11.
Where Kasur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kasur: Critically low
10.8% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
33,929
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
107,442
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,364 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kasur lost?
There was very little forest around Kasur in 2000, about 5 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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.
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 | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Kasur?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good47% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown33% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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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Measured cities near Kasur
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Raja Jang21.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 414
- Firozpur26.5 km
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- Tree cover
- 36%
- Air quality
- 554
- Kot Radha Kishan33.7 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 19%
- Air quality
- 340
- Lahore45.5 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 256
- Chunian48.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 270
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Kasur right now?
The latest reading for Kasur shows an AQI of 690 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the NGS School, Kasur ground monitoring station, 2.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kasur today?
At AQI 690 (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 Kasur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kasur's daily AQI at 216 on average, from 145 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 362 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kasur lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Kasur in 2000, about 5 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 Kasur?
Kasur has an estimated 33,929 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.8% tree cover, 34 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kasur need?
Kasur needs roughly 107,442 more trees to close a 34-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,364 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kasur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Walled City, 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 Walled City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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