City report · Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
New Mirpur City Air quality today
Air quality in New Mirpur City currently reads AQI 243 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 243
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 168.0
- tree cover
- 34.4%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 33.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around New Mirpur City, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
New Mirpur City · AQI 243 (Very unhealthy)
New Mirpur City's tree count comes to 108,071 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,301 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in New Mirpur City today: AQI 243, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · PTC Jhelum GT Rd, 19.6 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
168.0
PM10
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NO₂
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O₃
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SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · Hawanama
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put New Mirpur City's daily AQI at 145 on average, from 114 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 215 on Nov 10.
Where New Mirpur City stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in New Mirpur City: Below target
34.4% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
108,071
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
33,301
CO₂ if planted / yr
732.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has New Mirpur City lost?
There was very little forest around New Mirpur City in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 2 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2007, when about 1 hectare 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 | 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 New Mirpur City?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good50% · 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back23% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good14% · under 1 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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
- 218 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 306 ha
- Overall change
- +88 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around New Mirpur City grew from about 218 hectares to 306 hectares, a net gain of about 88 hectares (+40%). New forest grew on about 107 hectares, while 19 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
In the same region
Measured cities near New Mirpur City
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Jhelum23.8 km
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- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 243
- Kharian39.0 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 50%
- Air quality
- 180
- Mandi Bahauddin66.9 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 394
- Jalalpur Jattan70.5 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 217
- Gujrat70.6 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 5%
- Air quality
- 219
- Rawalpindi82.3 km
Pakistan
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 184
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What is the air quality (AQI) in New Mirpur City right now?
The latest reading for New Mirpur City shows an AQI of 243 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 19:00 local time by the PTC Jhelum GT Rd ground monitoring station, 19.6 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in New Mirpur City today?
At AQI 243 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in New Mirpur City been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put New Mirpur City's daily AQI at 145 on average, from 114 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 215 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around New Mirpur City lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around New Mirpur City in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 2 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 New Mirpur City grew from about 218 hectares to 306 hectares, a net gain of about 88 hectares (+40%). New forest grew on about 107 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in New Mirpur City?
New Mirpur City has an estimated 108,071 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 34.4% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does New Mirpur City need?
New Mirpur City needs roughly 33,301 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 732.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are New Mirpur City's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near New Mirpur City, 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 New Mirpur City; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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