City report · Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Kushtia Air quality today
Air quality in Kushtia currently reads AQI 83 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 83
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.1
- tree cover
- 57.9%
- trees in this area
- 170K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kushtia, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kushtia · AQI 83 (Moderate)
Kushtia's tree count comes to 169,893 trees across 11.74 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kushtia today: AQI 83, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Savar and Kalyani
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.1
PM10
79.4
NO₂
22.7
O₃
87.0
SO₂
6.3
CO
594.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kushtia's daily AQI at 154 on average, from 132 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 10.
Where Kushtia stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kushtia: Healthy tree cover
57.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.74 km² of land.
Trees in this area
169,893
Target trees
169,893
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kushtia lost?
There was very little forest around Kushtia in 2000, about 78 hectares, and about 3 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 February 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 Kushtia?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good35% · 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good13% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown58% · 2 ha
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
- 6,380 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,780 ha
- Overall change
- +394 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kushtia grew from about 6,380 hectares to 6,780 hectares, a net gain of about 394 hectares (+6.2%). New forest grew on about 406 hectares, while 11 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 Kushtia right now?
The latest reading for Kushtia shows an AQI of 83 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kushtia today?
At AQI 83 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kushtia been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kushtia's daily AQI at 154 on average, from 132 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 204 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kushtia lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Kushtia in 2000, about 78 hectares, and about 3 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kushtia grew from about 6,380 hectares to 6,780 hectares, a net gain of about 394 hectares (+6.2%). New forest grew on about 406 hectares, while 11 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kushtia?
Kushtia has an estimated 169,893 trees across the 11.74 km² of land measured — 57.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kushtia need?
Kushtia has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kushtia's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Kushtia; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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