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Raja Jang Air quality today

Air quality in Raja Jang currently reads AQI 414 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.

Air quality right now

AQI 414

Hazardous

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
282.4
tree cover
15.8%
trees in this area
49.6K
more trees needed
91.7K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Raja Jang, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Raja Jang · AQI 414 (Hazardous)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 8, 2026

Raja Jang's tree count comes to 49,637 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 91,735 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Raja Jang today: AQI 414, Hazardous

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Pajian, Raiwind, 9.2 km away

Health signal

Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.

PM2.5

282.4

PM10

—

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, The Urban Unit

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 Raja Jang's daily AQI at 196 on average, from 145 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 278 on Nov 4.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 196 · peak 278
Nov 4: AQI 228 (peak 278)Nov 5: AQI 223 (peak 260)Nov 6: AQI 178 (peak 254)Nov 7: AQI 145 (peak 199)Nov 8: AQI 193 (peak 238)Nov 9: AQI 196 (peak 239)Nov 10: AQI 212 (peak 234)
Nov 4Nov 10

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Raja Jang: Critically low

15.8% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

29 points below target

Trees in this area

49,637

Target trees

141,372

More trees needed

91,735

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,018 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Raja Jang lost?

There was almost no forest around Raja Jang 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.

Satellite image of the area around Raja Jang, June 2017

2017: satellite photo from June 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 Raja Jang right now?

The latest reading for Raja Jang shows an AQI of 414 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 18:00 local time by the Pajian, Raiwind ground monitoring station, 9.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Raja Jang today?

At AQI 414 (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 Raja Jang been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Raja Jang's daily AQI at 196 on average, from 145 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 278 on Nov 4. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Raja Jang lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Raja Jang 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 Raja Jang?

Raja Jang has an estimated 49,637 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.8% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Raja Jang need?

Raja Jang needs roughly 91,735 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,018 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Raja Jang's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Raja Jang, 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 Raja Jang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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