India · Telangana · 17 cities
Air quality in Telangana today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Khammam has the cleanest air of the 17 cities we track in Telangana (AQI 89, Moderate), and Jagtiāl the worst (AQI 161, Unhealthy). Serilingampalle has the most tree cover, at 47.9% — #45 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 126
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- cities tracked
- 17
- average tree cover
- 24.1%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Jagtiāl
- 161
- cleanest air now: Khammam
- 89
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.
Telangana · average AQI 126
Air quality today across Telangana, city by city
| Hyderabad | 156Unhealthy | 19.1% | 65.7K | #319 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warangal | 132Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 37.0% | — | #95 of 470 |
| Rāmgundam | 105Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 48.5% | — | — |
| Kukatpally | 124Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 22.1% | 40.2K | #274 of 470 |
| Nizāmābād | 99Moderate | 9.6% | 64.1K | #446 of 470 |
| Mulugu | 118Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 11.9% | 72.6K | #424 of 470 |
| Karīmnagar | 152Unhealthy | 11.5% | 89.5K | #432 of 470 |
| Lal Bahadur Nagar | 156Unhealthy | 14.9% | 78.5K | #381 of 470 |
| Secunderabad | 139Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 32.5% | 7.8K | #122 of 470 |
| Khammam | 89Moderate | 25.1% | 14.9K | #213 of 470 |
| Mahbūbnagar | 112Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 19.6% | 48.0K | #306 of 470 |
| Nalgonda | 118Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 20.9% | 44.3K | #291 of 470 |
| Serilingampalle | 110Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 47.9% | — | #45 of 470 |
| Ādilābād | 160Unhealthy | 19.9% | 62.8K | #303 of 470 |
| Suriāpet | 96Moderate | 22.8% | 21.2K | #258 of 470 |
| Miryalaguda | 113Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 20.1% | 45.2K | #297 of 470 |
| Jagtiāl | 161Unhealthy | 26.7% | 40.7K | #188 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 Telangana lost?
Since 2001, Telangana has lost about 43,800 hectares of forest (about 61,000 football pitches): 6.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (95%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 43,800 haabout 61,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 41,700 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 793 ha | 231 ha | 1,020 ha |
| 2002 | 904 ha | 98 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2003 | 1,070 ha | 170 ha | 1,240 ha |
| 2004 | 1,200 ha | 109 ha | 1,310 ha |
| 2005 | 1,400 ha | 55 ha | 1,450 ha |
| 2006 | 1,850 ha | 105 ha | 1,960 ha |
| 2007 | 2,460 ha | 47 ha | 2,510 ha |
| 2008 | 4,590 ha | 92 ha | 4,680 ha |
| 2009 | 5,570 ha | 115 ha | 5,690 ha |
| 2010 | 1,240 ha | 22 ha | 1,260 ha |
| 2011 | 7,000 ha | 72 ha | 7,070 ha |
| 2012 | 5,420 ha | 151 ha | 5,580 ha |
| 2013 | 969 ha | 38 ha | 1,010 ha |
| 2014 | 2,480 ha | 110 ha | 2,590 ha |
| 2015 | 245 ha | 27 ha | 272 ha |
| 2016 | 339 ha | 36 ha | 375 ha |
| 2017 | 299 ha | 55 ha | 354 ha |
| 2018 | 391 ha | 57 ha | 448 ha |
| 2019 | 640 ha | 55 ha | 695 ha |
| 2020 | 242 ha | 33 ha | 275 ha |
| 2021 | 206 ha | 22 ha | 228 ha |
| 2022 | 157 ha | 14 ha | 171 ha |
| 2023 | 640 ha | 53 ha | 693 ha |
| 2024 | 738 ha | 248 ha | 986 ha |
| 2025 | 890 ha | 84 ha | 974 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 610 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 429 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2011, when about 7,070 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Telangana?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good95% · 41,400 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back1.3% · 574 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.9% · 839 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, wildfires, towns and roads.
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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