India · Jammu and Kashmir · 4 cities
Air quality in Jammu and Kashmir today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Srinagar has the cleanest air of the 4 cities we track in Jammu and Kashmir (AQI 32, Good), and Jammu the worst (AQI 279, Very unhealthy). Anantnag has the most tree cover, at 27.1% — #184 of 470 cities measured in India.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 131
Average right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- cities tracked
- 4
- average tree cover
- 20.9%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Jammu
- 279
- cleanest air now: Srinagar
- 32
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous, and it reads differently from India's AQI (CPCB). Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Jammu and Kashmir · average AQI 131
Air quality today across Jammu and Kashmir, city by city
| Srinagar | 32Good | 7.1% | 71.8K | #467 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jammu | 279Very unhealthy | 25.0% | 62.6K | #218 of 470 |
| Anantnag | 182Unhealthy | 27.1% | 40.5K | #184 of 470 |
| Soyībug | 32Good | 24.3% | 17.9K | #230 of 470 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in India.
Is this 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.
India's AQI (CPCB) and the AQI, explainedDeforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jammu and Kashmir lost?
Since 2001, Jammu and Kashmir has lost about 4,390 hectares of forest (about 6,200 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (23%). About 1,290 hectares (29%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4,390 haabout 6,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,290 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 ha | 72 ha | 98 ha |
| 2002 | 105 ha | 300 ha | 405 ha |
| 2003 | 60 ha | 105 ha | 164 ha |
| 2004 | 272 ha | 623 ha | 895 ha |
| 2005 | 43 ha | 127 ha | 170 ha |
| 2006 | 159 ha | 361 ha | 520 ha |
| 2007 | 57 ha | 164 ha | 221 ha |
| 2008 | 68 ha | 201 ha | 269 ha |
| 2009 | 65 ha | 188 ha | 253 ha |
| 2010 | 90 ha | 197 ha | 287 ha |
| 2011 | 13 ha | 69 ha | 82 ha |
| 2012 | 78 ha | 324 ha | 402 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | 21 ha | 29 ha |
| 2014 | 21 ha | 21 ha | 42 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 65 ha | 65 ha |
| 2018 | 11 ha | 61 ha | 72 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | 21 ha | 26 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 34 ha | 42 ha |
| 2021 | 23 ha | 17 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 14 ha | 12 ha | 26 ha |
| 2023 | 75 ha | 25 ha | 100 ha |
| 2024 | 56 ha | 24 ha | 80 ha |
| 2025 | 28 ha | 71 ha | 99 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 69 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2004, when about 895 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Jammu and Kashmir?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good23% · 1,020 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · 913 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back11% · 493 ha
Also: wildfires, towns and roads, mining and energy, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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