City report · Punjab, India
Moga Air quality today
Air quality in Moga currently reads AQI 543 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
AQI 543
Air quality right now
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 349.6
- tree cover
- 13.0%
- trees in this area
- 40.8K
- more trees needed
- 101K
Measured across a 2 km radius around New Town, Moga, Punjab 142001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Moga · AQI 543 (Hazardous)
Moga's tree count comes to 40,841 trees across 12.57 km², 32 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 100,531 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Moga today: AQI 543, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Jalandhar and Phagwara
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
349.6
PM10
209.5
NO₂
55.7
O₃
36.0
SO₂
20.4
CO
1188.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Moga's daily AQI at 192 on average, from 143 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 269 on Nov 11.
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 Moga: Critically low
13.0% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
40,841
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
100,531
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,212 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Moga lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Moga has lost about 16 hectares of forest (about 23 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (37%). About 6 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 16 haabout 23 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 4 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Moga?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good37% · 6 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown63% · 10 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Moga right now?
The latest reading for Moga shows an AQI of 543 (Hazardous), observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Moga today?
At AQI 543 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Moga been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Moga's daily AQI at 192 on average, from 143 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 269 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Moga'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 Moga lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Moga has lost about 16 hectares of forest (about 23 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (37%). About 6 hectares (37%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
What is the tree count in Moga?
Moga has an estimated 40,841 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 13.0% tree cover, 32 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Moga need?
Moga needs roughly 100,531 more trees to close a 32-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,212 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Moga'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 New Town; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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