City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Kharian Air quality today
Air quality in Kharian currently reads AQI 180 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 180
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 97.0
- tree cover
- 50.4%
- trees in this area
- 158K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kharian Cantt, Kharian, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kharian · AQI 180 (Unhealthy)
Kharian's tree count comes to 158,336 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kharian today: AQI 180, 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 · Kharian Cantt B (GT Rd), 5.3 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
97.0
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama
- 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 Kharian's daily AQI at 136 on average, from 101 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 232 on Nov 10.
Where Kharian stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kharian: Healthy tree cover
50.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
158,336
Target trees
158,336
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kharian lost?
There was almost no forest around Kharian 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
- 731 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,050 ha
- Overall change
- +317 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kharian grew from about 731 hectares to 1,050 hectares, a net gain of about 317 hectares (+43%). New forest grew on about 321 hectares, while 4 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 Kharian right now?
The latest reading for Kharian shows an AQI of 180 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the Kharian Cantt B (GT Rd) ground monitoring station, 5.3 km 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 Kharian today?
At AQI 180 (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 Kharian been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kharian's daily AQI at 136 on average, from 101 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 232 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kharian lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Kharian 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 Kharian grew from about 731 hectares to 1,050 hectares, a net gain of about 317 hectares (+43%). New forest grew on about 321 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kharian?
Kharian has an estimated 158,336 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 50.4% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kharian need?
Kharian has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kharian's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Kharian Cantt, 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 Kharian Cantt; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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