City report · Punjab, India
Phagwāra Air quality today
Air quality in Phagwāra currently reads AQI 197 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 197
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 113.7
- tree cover
- 16.6%
- trees in this area
- 52.1K
- more trees needed
- 73.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Phagwara, Punjab, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Phagwāra · AQI 197 (Unhealthy)
Phagwāra's tree count comes to 52,150 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,513 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Phagwāra today: AQI 197, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 10 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Ludhiana and Khanna
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
113.7
PM10
91.7
NO₂
32.7
O₃
28.0
SO₂
8.7
CO
636.0
- 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 Phagwāra's daily AQI at 162 on average, from 139 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 8.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Phagwāra stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Phagwāra: Critically low
16.6% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
52,150
Target trees
125,663
More trees needed
73,513
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,617 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Phagwāra lost?
There was almost no forest around Phagwāra 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.
2018: satellite photo from June 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 198 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 392 ha
- Overall change
- +194 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Phagwāra grew from about 198 hectares to 392 hectares, a net gain of about 194 hectares (+98%). New forest grew on about 195 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Phagwāra
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Jalandhar21.7 km
India
- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 204
- Ludhiana35.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 196
- Hoshiārpur37.2 km
India
- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 170
- Khanna71.8 km
India
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 150
- Moga73.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 317
- Māler Kotla77.8 km
India
- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 202
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Phagwāra right now?
The latest reading for Phagwāra shows an AQI of 197 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 10 ground-station cities within 145 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 Phagwāra today?
At AQI 197 (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 Phagwāra been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Phagwāra's daily AQI at 162 on average, from 139 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 205 on Nov 8. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Phagwāra'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 Phagwāra lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Phagwāra 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 Phagwāra grew from about 198 hectares to 392 hectares, a net gain of about 194 hectares (+98%). New forest grew on about 195 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Phagwāra?
Phagwāra has an estimated 52,150 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 16.6% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Phagwāra need?
Phagwāra needs roughly 73,513 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,617 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Phagwāra'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 Phagwara; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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