City report · Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
Rangpur Air quality today
Air quality in Rangpur currently reads AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 138
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 57.5
- tree cover
- 59.6%
- trees in this area
- 186K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Rangpur, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rangpur · AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Rangpur's tree count comes to 185,554 trees across 12.46 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rangpur today: AQI 138, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Jalpaiguri Division and Phuentsholing
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
57.5
PM10
160.2
NO₂
48.9
O₃
32.0
SO₂
11.6
CO
1055.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rangpur's daily AQI at 141 on average, from 90 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 219 on Nov 6.
Where Rangpur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rangpur: Healthy tree cover
59.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
185,554
Target trees
185,554
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rangpur lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rangpur has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 9 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (37%). About 2 hectares (35%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 9 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Rangpur?
- Towns and roadscleared for good37% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown60% · 4 ha
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
- 8,490 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,770 ha
- Overall change
- +281 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rangpur grew from about 8,490 hectares to 8,770 hectares, a net gain of about 281 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 300 hectares, while 20 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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Questions about Rangpur
What is the air quality (AQI) in Rangpur right now?
The latest reading for Rangpur shows an AQI of 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rangpur today?
At AQI 138 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Rangpur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rangpur's daily AQI at 141 on average, from 90 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 219 on Nov 6. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Rangpur lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rangpur has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 9 football pitches): 1.9% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (37%). About 2 hectares (35%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rangpur grew from about 8,490 hectares to 8,770 hectares, a net gain of about 281 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 300 hectares, while 20 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rangpur?
Rangpur has an estimated 185,554 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 59.6% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rangpur need?
Rangpur has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rangpur'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 Rangpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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