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Nowrangapur Air quality today

Air quality in Nowrangapur currently reads AQI 74 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 74

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
22.0
tree cover
26.6%
trees in this area
83.1K
more trees needed
10.6K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Nabarangpur, Odisha 764059, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Nowrangapur · AQI 74 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Oct 23, 2026

Nowrangapur's tree count comes to 83,065 trees across 12.49 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,617 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Nowrangapur today: AQI 74, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Visakhapatnam and Gajuwaka

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

22.0

PM10

77.3

NO₂

5.9

O₃

103.0

SO₂

14.2

CO

539.0

Outdoor exercise
Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
Windows
Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
Mask
Not needed for most people
Air purifier
Worth running if you are sensitive

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nowrangapur's daily AQI at 132 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 173 on Nov 8.

Last 7 daysavg 132 · peak 173
Nov 5: AQI 65 (peak 97)Nov 6: AQI 134 (peak 162)Nov 7: AQI 154 (peak 172)Nov 8: AQI 154 (peak 173)Nov 9: AQI 135 (peak 163)Nov 10: AQI 130 (peak 158)Nov 11: AQI 150 (peak 155)
Nov 5Nov 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 Nowrangapur: Below target

26.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.

3 points below target

Trees in this area

83,065

Target trees

93,682

More trees needed

10,617

CO₂ if planted / yr

233.6 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Nowrangapur lost?

There was almost no forest around Nowrangapur in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Nowrangapur, March 2017

2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
1,820 ha
Forest in 2020
2,940 ha
Overall change
+1,130 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nowrangapur grew from about 1,820 hectares to 2,940 hectares, a net gain of about 1,130 hectares (+62%). New forest grew on about 1,140 hectares, while 10 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 Nowrangapur right now?

The latest reading for Nowrangapur shows an AQI of 74 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 04:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Nowrangapur today?

At AQI 74 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Nowrangapur been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nowrangapur's daily AQI at 132 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 173 on Nov 8. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Nowrangapur'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 Nowrangapur lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Nowrangapur in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Nowrangapur grew from about 1,820 hectares to 2,940 hectares, a net gain of about 1,130 hectares (+62%). New forest grew on about 1,140 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Nowrangapur?

Nowrangapur has an estimated 83,065 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 26.6% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Nowrangapur need?

Nowrangapur needs roughly 10,617 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 233.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Nowrangapur'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 Nabarangpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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