City report · Chhattisgarh, India
Raigarh Air quality today
Air quality in Raigarh currently reads AQI 153 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 153
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 51.1
- tree cover
- 29.9%
- trees in this area
- 93.4K
- more trees needed
- 31.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 496001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Raigarh · AQI 153 (Unhealthy)
Raigarh's tree count comes to 93,370 trees across 12.49 km² of land, 10 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 31,540 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Raigarh today: AQI 153, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Purani Basti and Rourkela
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
51.1
PM10
86.6
NO₂
12.8
O₃
45.0
SO₂
13.7
CO
446.0
- 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 Raigarh's daily AQI at 167 on average, from 148 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 196 on Nov 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 Raigarh: Below target
29.9% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
93,370
Target trees
124,910
More trees needed
31,540
CO₂ if planted / yr
693.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Raigarh lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Raigarh has lost about 22 hectares of forest (about 30 football pitches): 9.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 1 hectare (5.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 22 haabout 30 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 7 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Raigarh?
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back54% · 12 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back27% · 6 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good5.5% · 1 ha
Also: logging, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,990 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,780 ha
- Overall change
- −216 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Raigarh shrank from about 2,990 hectares to 2,780 hectares, a net loss of about 216 hectares (−7.2%). New forest grew on about 58 hectares, but 274 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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Questions about Raigarh
What is the air quality (AQI) in Raigarh right now?
The latest reading for Raigarh shows an AQI of 153 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 165 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 Raigarh today?
At AQI 153 (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 Raigarh been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Raigarh's daily AQI at 167 on average, from 148 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 196 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Raigarh'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 Raigarh lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Raigarh has lost about 22 hectares of forest (about 30 football pitches): 9.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to storms, floods and other natural causes, so much of it can grow back. About 1 hectare (5.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Raigarh shrank from about 2,990 hectares to 2,780 hectares, a net loss of about 216 hectares (−7.2%). New forest grew on about 58 hectares, but 274 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Raigarh?
Raigarh has an estimated 93,370 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 29.9% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Raigarh need?
Raigarh needs roughly 31,540 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 693.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Raigarh'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 Raigarh; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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