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Phusro Air quality today

Air quality in Phusro currently reads AQI 208 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

AQI 208

Air quality right now

Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
120.0
tree cover
39.5%
trees in this area
120K
more trees needed
16.7K

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

Phusro · AQI 208 (Very unhealthy)

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

Phusro's tree count comes to 120,246 trees across 12.18 km² of land, 5 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,743 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Phusro today: AQI 208, Very unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Dhanbad and Kulti

Health signal

Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

120.0

PM10

136.4

NO₂

35.2

O₃

28.0

SO₂

127.0

CO

372.0

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 Phusro's daily AQI at 185 on average, from 156 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 237 on Nov 10.

Last 7 daysavg 185 · peak 237
Nov 5: AQI 185 (peak 194)Nov 6: AQI 182 (peak 197)Nov 7: AQI 183 (peak 197)Nov 8: AQI 183 (peak 208)Nov 9: AQI 156 (peak 185)Nov 10: AQI 183 (peak 237)Nov 11: AQI 226 (peak 235)
Nov 5Nov 11

This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide

Where Phusro stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Phusro: Below target

39.5% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.18 km² of land.

5 points below target

Trees in this area

120,246

Target trees

136,989

More trees needed

16,743

CO₂ if planted / yr

368.3 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Phusro lost?

Almost no forest has been lost around Phusro since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 456 hectares there in 2000.

Satellite image of the area around Phusro, February 2017

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

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
6,750 ha
Forest in 2020
7,290 ha
Overall change
+532 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Phusro grew from about 6,750 hectares to 7,290 hectares, a net gain of about 532 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 557 hectares, while 25 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 Phusro

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Bokāro

    India

    17.8 km
    Tree cover
    65%
    Air quality
    135
  • Dhanbad

    India

    43.5 km
    Tree cover
    43%
    Air quality
    105
  • Giridih

    India

    56.9 km
    Tree cover
    29%
    Air quality
    105
  • 59.8 km
    Tree cover
    41%
    Air quality
    219
  • 70.5 km
    Tree cover
    34%
    Air quality
    107
  • Ranchi

    India

    84.5 km
    Tree cover
    37%
    Air quality
    98

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Phusro right now?

The latest reading for Phusro shows an AQI of 208 (Very unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 02:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Phusro today?

At AQI 208 (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 Phusro been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Phusro's daily AQI at 185 on average, from 156 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 237 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Is Phusro'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 Phusro lost since 2001?

Almost no forest has been lost around Phusro since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 456 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Phusro grew from about 6,750 hectares to 7,290 hectares, a net gain of about 532 hectares (+7.9%). New forest grew on about 557 hectares, while 25 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Phusro?

Phusro has an estimated 120,246 trees across the 12.18 km² of land measured — 39.5% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Phusro need?

Phusro needs roughly 16,743 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 368.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Phusro'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 Bermo; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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