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Air quality in Maharashtra today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Sāngli has the cleanest air of the 41 cities we track in Maharashtra (AQI 93, Moderate), and Dhule the worst (AQI 297, Very unhealthy). Achalpur has the most tree cover, at 40.8% — #70 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.
Average right now
AQI 156
Unhealthy
- cities tracked
- 41
- average tree cover
- 22.3%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Dhule
- 297
- cleanest air now: Sāngli
- 93
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.
Maharashtra · average AQI 156
Air quality today across Maharashtra, city by city
| Mumbai | 127Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 14.9% | 61.9K | #382 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pune | 163Unhealthy | 33.9% | 18.7K | #112 of 470 |
| Nagpur | 189Unhealthy | 31.4% | 26.6K | #129 of 470 |
| Thāne | 120Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 32.3% | 8.4K | #124 of 470 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 159Unhealthy | 20.7% | 59.6K | #294 of 470 |
| Nashik | 163Unhealthy | 27.8% | 38.0K | #169 of 470 |
| Kalyān | 146Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 27.3% | 23.9K | #180 of 470 |
| Virār | 124Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 29.5% | 17.2K | #146 of 470 |
| Aurangabad | 102Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 15.2% | 62.2K | #375 of 470 |
| Sholapur | 111Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 17.8% | 53.5K | #342 of 470 |
| Bhiwandi | 152Unhealthy | 12.2% | 87.2K | #422 of 470 |
| Bhayandar | 121Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 28.5% | 19.7K | #159 of 470 |
| Amravati | 145Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 16.4% | 58.4K | #360 of 470 |
| Sāngli | 93Moderate | 31.0% | — | #132 of 470 |
| Nanded | 149Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 19.8% | 46.3K | #305 of 470 |
| Kolhāpur | 121Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 33.1% | 5.9K | #118 of 470 |
| Malegaon | 174Unhealthy | 7.9% | 101K | #462 of 470 |
| Jalgaon | 260Very unhealthy | 26.4% | 58.4K | #194 of 470 |
| Akola | 216Very unhealthy | 25.9% | 60.0K | #198 of 470 |
| Latur | 129Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 10.4% | 77.3K | #439 of 470 |
| Dhule | 297Very unhealthy | 25.4% | 61.6K | #207 of 470 |
| Ahilyanagar | 157Unhealthy | 31.1% | 28.0K | #130 of 470 |
| Chānda | 177Unhealthy | 28.0% | 37.1K | #164 of 470 |
| Parbhani | 139Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 17.1% | 56.2K | #351 of 470 |
| Ichalkaranji | 121Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 20.2% | 46.4K | #296 of 470 |
| Jālna | 148Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 16.9% | 55.9K | #353 of 470 |
| Panvel | 156Unhealthy | 23.7% | 50.6K | #240 of 470 |
| Bhusawal | 260Very unhealthy | 28.9% | 50.6K | #151 of 470 |
| Shahuwadi | 108Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 36.6% | — | #98 of 470 |
| Badlapur | 166Unhealthy | 24.5% | 47.5K | #227 of 470 |
| Beed | 167Unhealthy | 12.2% | 87.3K | #420 of 470 |
| Gondiā | 138Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 18.4% | 52.0K | #326 of 470 |
| Yavatmāl | 153Unhealthy | 20.1% | 62.4K | #298 of 470 |
| Satara | 217Very unhealthy | 24.9% | 63.1K | #220 of 470 |
| Barshi | 154Unhealthy | 8.5% | 97.5K | #457 of 470 |
| Wardha | 157Unhealthy | 17.5% | 70.7K | #344 of 470 |
| Achalpur | 154Unhealthy | 40.8% | — | #70 of 470 |
| Dharashiv | 115Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 10.4% | 77.3K | #438 of 470 |
| Nandurbar | 173Unhealthy | 19.2% | 65.1K | #310 of 470 |
| Udgīr | 132Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 14.3% | 65.0K | #387 of 470 |
| Hinganghāt | 160Unhealthy | 13.6% | 82.9K | #402 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 Maharashtra lost?
Since 2001, Maharashtra has lost about 23,900 hectares of forest (about 34,000 football pitches): 2.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 23,900 haabout 34,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14,000 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 | 684 ha | 307 ha | 991 ha |
| 2002 | 327 ha | 401 ha | 728 ha |
| 2003 | 340 ha | 193 ha | 533 ha |
| 2004 | 890 ha | 676 ha | 1,570 ha |
| 2005 | 647 ha | 271 ha | 918 ha |
| 2006 | 468 ha | 374 ha | 842 ha |
| 2007 | 593 ha | 263 ha | 856 ha |
| 2008 | 591 ha | 360 ha | 951 ha |
| 2009 | 927 ha | 705 ha | 1,630 ha |
| 2010 | 200 ha | 225 ha | 425 ha |
| 2011 | 1,550 ha | 547 ha | 2,100 ha |
| 2012 | 796 ha | 452 ha | 1,250 ha |
| 2013 | 224 ha | 284 ha | 508 ha |
| 2014 | 371 ha | 514 ha | 885 ha |
| 2015 | 129 ha | 265 ha | 394 ha |
| 2016 | 554 ha | 368 ha | 922 ha |
| 2017 | 391 ha | 413 ha | 804 ha |
| 2018 | 440 ha | 388 ha | 828 ha |
| 2019 | 485 ha | 557 ha | 1,040 ha |
| 2020 | 397 ha | 303 ha | 700 ha |
| 2021 | 328 ha | 162 ha | 490 ha |
| 2022 | 384 ha | 404 ha | 788 ha |
| 2023 | 1,050 ha | 458 ha | 1,510 ha |
| 2024 | 680 ha | 668 ha | 1,350 ha |
| 2025 | 530 ha | 410 ha | 940 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 1,020 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 859 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 2,100 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Maharashtra?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · 13,800 ha
- Loggingcan grow back18% · 4,370 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back14% · 3,330 ha
Also: wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, mining and energy, towns and roads, 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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