City report · Uttar Pradesh, India
Mathura Air quality today
Air quality in Mathura currently reads AQI 134 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 134
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 48.9
- tree cover
- 12.6%
- trees in this area
- 37.4K
- more trees needed
- 66.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Manoharpura, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 281001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 1, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mathura · AQI 134 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Mathura's tree count comes to 37,407 trees across 11.88 km² of land, 22 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 66,501 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mathura today: AQI 134, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Omex Eternity, Vrindavan - UPPCB, 7.7 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
48.9
PM10
88.1
NO₂
40.6
O₃
16.4
SO₂
38.1
CO
0.4
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Mathura's daily AQI at 203 on average, from 166 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 273 on Nov 5.
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 Mathura: Critically low
12.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.88 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,407
Target trees
103,908
More trees needed
66,501
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,463 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mathura lost?
There was very little forest around Mathura in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 10 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 March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2025, when about 9 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 9 ha | 9 ha |
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 328 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 413 ha
- Overall change
- +85 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mathura grew from about 328 hectares to 413 hectares, a net gain of about 85 hectares (+26%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, while 8 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 Mathura right now?
The latest reading for Mathura shows an AQI of 134 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 19:45 local time by the Omex Eternity, Vrindavan - UPPCB ground monitoring station, 7.7 km 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 Mathura today?
At AQI 134 (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 Mathura been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mathura's daily AQI at 203 on average, from 166 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 273 on Nov 5. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Mathura'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 Mathura lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Mathura in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 10 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 Mathura grew from about 328 hectares to 413 hectares, a net gain of about 85 hectares (+26%). New forest grew on about 93 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mathura?
Mathura has an estimated 37,407 trees across the 11.88 km² of land measured — 12.6% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mathura need?
Mathura needs roughly 66,501 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,463 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mathura's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Manoharpura, 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 Manoharpura; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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