City report · Uttar Pradesh, India
Muzaffarnagar Air quality today
Air quality in Muzaffarnagar currently reads AQI 170 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 170
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 76.3
- tree cover
- 11.6%
- trees in this area
- 36.4K
- more trees needed
- 89.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jila Parisad Colony, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Muzaffarnagar · AQI 170 (Unhealthy)
Muzaffarnagar's tree count comes to 36,442 trees across 12.57 km², 28 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 89,221 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Muzaffarnagar today: AQI 170, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 25 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 25 station cities within 125 km, e.g. Meerut and Haridwar
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
76.3
PM10
103.1
NO₂
27.2
O₃
27.0
SO₂
14.4
CO
735.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Muzaffarnagar's daily AQI at 170 on average, from 147 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 9.
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 Muzaffarnagar: Critically low
11.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
36,442
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
89,221
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,963 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Muzaffarnagar lost?
There was very little forest around Muzaffarnagar in 2000, about 19 hectares, and about 6 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 2012, when about 3 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 | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 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 Muzaffarnagar?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good32% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown39% · 2 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
- 1,020 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,260 ha
- Overall change
- +240 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Muzaffarnagar grew from about 1,020 hectares to 1,260 hectares, a net gain of about 240 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, while 46 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 Muzaffarnagar right now?
The latest reading for Muzaffarnagar shows an AQI of 170 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 25 ground-station cities within 125 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Muzaffarnagar today?
At AQI 170 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Muzaffarnagar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Muzaffarnagar's daily AQI at 170 on average, from 147 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Muzaffarnagar'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 Muzaffarnagar lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Muzaffarnagar in 2000, about 19 hectares, and about 6 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 Muzaffarnagar grew from about 1,020 hectares to 1,260 hectares, a net gain of about 240 hectares (+24%). New forest grew on about 286 hectares, while 46 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Muzaffarnagar?
Muzaffarnagar has an estimated 36,442 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 11.6% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Muzaffarnagar need?
Muzaffarnagar needs roughly 89,221 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,963 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Muzaffarnagar'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 Jila Parisad Colony; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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