City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Pindi Bhattian Air quality today
Air quality in Pindi Bhattian currently reads AQI 487 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 487
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 316.5
- tree cover
- 6.2%
- trees in this area
- 19.5K
- more trees needed
- 122K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pindi Bhattian, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pindi Bhattian · AQI 487 (Hazardous)
Pindi Bhattian's tree count comes to 19,478 trees across 12.57 km², 39 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 121,894 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pindi Bhattian today: AQI 487, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 65 km, e.g. Chak Jhumra and Faisalabad
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
316.5
PM10
275.7
NO₂
77.2
O₃
17.0
SO₂
20.1
CO
1090.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pindi Bhattian's daily AQI at 231 on average, from 136 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 389 on Nov 10.
Where Pindi Bhattian stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pindi Bhattian: Critically low
6.2% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
19,478
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
121,894
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,682 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pindi Bhattian lost?
There was almost no forest around Pindi Bhattian 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.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Sangla Hill22.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 17%
- Air quality
- 196
- Chiniot34.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 334
- Chak Jhumra37.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 193
- Shahkot41.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 235
- Hafizabad43.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 508
- Faisalabad56.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 13%
- Air quality
- 193
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pindi Bhattian right now?
The latest reading for Pindi Bhattian shows an AQI of 487 (Hazardous), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 65 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pindi Bhattian today?
At AQI 487 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Pindi Bhattian been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pindi Bhattian's daily AQI at 231 on average, from 136 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 389 on Nov 10. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pindi Bhattian lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Pindi Bhattian 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.
What is the tree count in Pindi Bhattian?
Pindi Bhattian has an estimated 19,478 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 6.2% tree cover, 39 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pindi Bhattian need?
Pindi Bhattian needs roughly 121,894 more trees to close a 39-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,682 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pindi Bhattian'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 Pindi Bhattian; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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