City report · Andhra Pradesh, India
Machilīpatnam Air quality today
Air quality in Machilīpatnam currently reads AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 117
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 42.1
- tree cover
- 25.5%
- trees in this area
- 79.1K
- more trees needed
- 29.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Englishpalem, Batchupeta, Rajupet, Reserve Police Quarters, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh 521001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Machilīpatnam · AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Machilīpatnam's tree count comes to 79,149 trees across 12.42 km² of land, 9 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 29,487 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Machilīpatnam today: AQI 117, 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 · Srinivas Nagar Colony, Machilipatnam - APPCB, 700 m away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
42.1
PM10
77.5
NO₂
40.6
O₃
17.9
SO₂
24.0
CO
0.5
Data: OpenAQ · N/A, a network OpenAQ doesn't name
- 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 Machilīpatnam's daily AQI at 119 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 179 on Nov 8.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Machilīpatnam: Below target
25.5% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.42 km² of land.
Trees in this area
79,149
Target trees
108,636
More trees needed
29,487
CO₂ if planted / yr
648.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Machilīpatnam lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Machilīpatnam has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (36%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1 ha
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 Machilīpatnam?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good36% · under 1 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back29% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown29% · under 1 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
- 766 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 885 ha
- Overall change
- +119 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Machilīpatnam grew from about 766 hectares to 885 hectares, a net gain of about 119 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, while 40 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 Machilīpatnam right now?
The latest reading for Machilīpatnam shows an AQI of 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the Srinivas Nagar Colony, Machilipatnam - APPCB ground monitoring station, 700 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Machilīpatnam today?
At AQI 117 (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 Machilīpatnam been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Machilīpatnam's daily AQI at 119 on average, from 31 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 179 on Nov 8. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Machilīpatnam's AQI the same as India's AQI (CPCB)?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. India's Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) publishes the National Air Quality Index on its own scale: 0–50 good, 51–100 satisfactory, 101–200 moderate, 201–300 poor, 301–400 very poor and 401–500 severe. The two scales don't line up. At moderate fine-particle levels the US scale reads higher: 55 µg/m³ of PM2.5 is 149 on the US AQI but about 92, "satisfactory", on India's. In heavy smog India's reads higher: 100 µg/m³ is 182 on the US AQI and about 232, "poor", on India's. CPCB also averages particles over 24 hours, so its figure moves more slowly than an hourly reading.
How much forest has the area around Machilīpatnam lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Machilīpatnam has lost about 1 hectare of forest: under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (36%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Machilīpatnam grew from about 766 hectares to 885 hectares, a net gain of about 119 hectares (+16%). New forest grew on about 159 hectares, while 40 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Machilīpatnam?
Machilīpatnam has an estimated 79,149 trees across the 12.42 km² of land measured — 25.5% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Machilīpatnam need?
Machilīpatnam needs roughly 29,487 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 648.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Machilīpatnam's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Englishpalem, 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 Englishpalem; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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