City report · Balochistan, Pakistan
Quetta Air quality today
Air quality in Quetta currently reads AQI 83 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 83
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 26.3
- tree cover
- 1.4%
- trees in this area
- 4.4K
- more trees needed
- 89.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Quetta, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Quetta · AQI 83 (Moderate)
Quetta's tree count comes to 4,398 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 89,850 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Quetta today: AQI 83, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Industries and Commerce, 1 km away · median of 9 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
26.3
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- 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 Quetta's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 44 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 125 on Nov 11.
Where Quetta stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Quetta: Critically low
1.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
4,398
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
89,850
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,977 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Quetta lost?
There was almost no forest around Quetta 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 August 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Quetta right now?
The latest reading for Quetta shows an AQI of 83 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 9 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Industries and Commerce, 1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Quetta today?
At AQI 83 (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 Quetta been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Quetta's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 44 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 125 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Quetta lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Quetta 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 Quetta?
Quetta has an estimated 4,398 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 1.4% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Quetta need?
Quetta needs roughly 89,850 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,977 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Quetta's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Quetta, 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 Quetta; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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