City report · Punjab, India
Muktsar Air quality today
Air quality in Muktsar currently reads AQI 396 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 396
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 275.2
- tree cover
- 11.6%
- trees in this area
- 36.3K
- more trees needed
- 105K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab 152026, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Muktsar · AQI 396 (Hazardous)
Muktsar's tree count comes to 36,297 trees across 12.52 km² of land, 33 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 104,509 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Muktsar today: AQI 396, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Bathinda and Kasur
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
275.2
PM10
280.3
NO₂
53.0
O₃
27.0
SO₂
20.4
CO
1035.0
- 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 Muktsar's daily AQI at 228 on average, from 164 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 360 on Nov 11.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Muktsar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Muktsar: Critically low
11.6% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.52 km² of land.
Trees in this area
36,297
Target trees
140,806
More trees needed
104,509
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,299 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Muktsar lost?
There was very little forest around Muktsar in 2000, about 6 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 June 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 Muktsar?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for goodover 99% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown7.7% · under 1 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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Questions about Muktsar
What is the air quality (AQI) in Muktsar right now?
The latest reading for Muktsar shows an AQI of 396 (Hazardous), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Muktsar today?
At AQI 396 (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 Muktsar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Muktsar's daily AQI at 228 on average, from 164 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 360 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Muktsar'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 Muktsar lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Muktsar in 2000, about 6 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.
What is the tree count in Muktsar?
Muktsar has an estimated 36,297 trees across the 12.52 km² of land measured — 11.6% tree cover, 33 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Muktsar need?
Muktsar needs roughly 104,509 more trees to close a 33-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,299 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Muktsar'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 Sri Muktsar Sahib; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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