City report · Gujarat, India
Mahesāna Air quality today
Air quality in Mahesāna currently reads AQI 84 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 84
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 26.7
- tree cover
- 16.2%
- trees in this area
- 50.9K
- more trees needed
- 43.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Parvati Nagar Society, Shraddhadip Society, Mehsana, Gujarat 384002, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mahesāna · AQI 84 (Moderate)
Mahesāna's tree count comes to 50,894 trees across 12.57 km², 14 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 43,354 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mahesāna today: AQI 84, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Sadanand Nagar, Mehsana - Nexteng Enviro, 1.4 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
26.7
PM10
79.6
NO₂
20.1
O₃
11.9
SO₂
53.5
CO
1.2
Data: OpenAQ · N/A, a network OpenAQ doesn't name
- 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 Mahesāna's daily AQI at 79 on average, from 62 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 134 on Nov 5.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Mahesāna stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mahesāna: Critically low
16.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
50,894
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
43,354
CO₂ if planted / yr
953.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mahesāna lost?
There was almost no forest around Mahesāna 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 74 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 142 ha
- Overall change
- +68 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mahesāna grew from about 74 hectares to 142 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares. New forest grew on about 69 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Mahesāna right now?
The latest reading for Mahesāna shows an AQI of 84 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by the Sadanand Nagar, Mehsana - Nexteng Enviro ground monitoring station, 1.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mahesāna today?
At AQI 84 (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 Mahesāna been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mahesāna's daily AQI at 79 on average, from 62 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 134 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Mahesāna'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 Mahesāna lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Mahesāna 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 Mahesāna grew from about 74 hectares to 142 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares. New forest grew on about 69 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Mahesāna?
Mahesāna has an estimated 50,894 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.2% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mahesāna need?
Mahesāna needs roughly 43,354 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 953.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mahesāna's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Parvati Nagar Society, 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 Parvati Nagar Society; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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