India · Rajasthan · 30 cities
Air quality in Rajasthan today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Nimach has the cleanest air of the 30 cities we track in Rajasthan (AQI 113, Unhealthy for sensitive groups), and Chūru the worst (AQI 655, Hazardous). Būndi has the most tree cover, at 38.3% — #90 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 256
Average right now
Very unhealthy
- cities tracked
- 30
- average tree cover
- 16.3%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Chūru
- 655
- cleanest air now: Nimach
- 113
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.
Rajasthan · average AQI 256
Air quality today across Rajasthan, city by city
| Jaipur | 174Unhealthy | 20.1% | 62.5K | #301 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jodhpur | 201Very unhealthy | 18.4% | 83.6K | #330 of 470 |
| Kota | 208Very unhealthy | 20.1% | 68.9K | #300 of 470 |
| Bikaner | 296Very unhealthy | 9.3% | 112K | #450 of 470 |
| Ajmer | 161Unhealthy | 30.8% | 28.9K | #134 of 470 |
| Udaipur | 198Unhealthy | 26.4% | 42.7K | #193 of 470 |
| Bhilwara | 168Unhealthy | 11.8% | 87.7K | #427 of 470 |
| Alwar | 188Unhealthy | 24.1% | 50.0K | #235 of 470 |
| Bharatpur | 395Hazardous | 7.3% | 118K | #466 of 470 |
| Sīkar | 423Hazardous | 11.0% | 107K | #435 of 470 |
| Sri Ganganagar | 516Hazardous | 9.9% | 110K | #443 of 470 |
| Pāli | 177Unhealthy | 11.2% | 89.2K | #434 of 470 |
| Sūjāngarh | 241Very unhealthy | 6.1% | 122K | #469 of 470 |
| Tonk | 360Hazardous | 15.2% | 93.5K | #373 of 470 |
| Hanumāngarh | 190Unhealthy | 5.4% | 109K | #470 of 470 |
| Kishangarh | 161Unhealthy | 9.3% | 94.6K | #449 of 470 |
| Beāwar | 152Unhealthy | 14.1% | 80.5K | #394 of 470 |
| Dhaulpur | 235Very unhealthy | 12.6% | 101K | #412 of 470 |
| Nimach | 113Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 27.1% | 24.8K | #183 of 470 |
| Sawai Madhopur | 229Very unhealthy | 19.1% | 81.4K | #314 of 470 |
| Chūru | 655Hazardous | 9.0% | 113K | #453 of 470 |
| Gangāpur | 192Unhealthy | 13.0% | 84.8K | #408 of 470 |
| Jhunjhunūn | 531Hazardous | 12.6% | 102K | #411 of 470 |
| Bārān | 189Unhealthy | 14.1% | 81.2K | #392 of 470 |
| Chittorgarh | 156Unhealthy | 27.3% | 39.9K | #177 of 470 |
| Hindaun | 172Unhealthy | 10.1% | 92.8K | #442 of 470 |
| Nāgaur | 189Unhealthy | 7.7% | 101K | #463 of 470 |
| Bhiwadi | 486Hazardous | 13.1% | 100K | #405 of 470 |
| Būndi | 176Unhealthy | 38.3% | 5.3K | #90 of 470 |
| Bānswāra | 156Unhealthy | 33.9% | 19.1K | #111 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 Rajasthan lost?
Since 2001, Rajasthan has lost about 288 hectares of forest (about 400 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (44%). About 131 hectares (46%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 288 haabout 400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 131 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 | 3 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 13 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 20 ha | 25 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 11 ha | 19 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 8 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | 19 ha | 37 ha |
| 2008 | 26 ha | 9 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 31 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 16 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 19 ha | 17 ha | 36 ha |
The worst year was 2007, when about 37 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Rajasthan?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · 128 ha
- Loggingcan grow back9% · 26 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back5.3% · 15 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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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