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Air quality in Uttarakhand today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Dehradun has the cleanest air of the 6 cities we track in Uttarakhand (AQI 42, Good), and Haridwar the worst (AQI 152, Unhealthy). Haridwar has the most tree cover, at 53.5% — #35 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 87
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 6
- average tree cover
- 30.5%
- India: 27.3%
- worst air now: Haridwar
- 152
- cleanest air now: Dehradun
- 42
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.
Uttarakhand · average AQI 87
Air quality today across Uttarakhand, city by city
| Dehradun | 42Good | 25.3% | 14.8K | #210 of 470 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haridwar | 152Unhealthy | 53.5% | — | #35 of 470 |
| Rudrapur | 69Moderate | 22.3% | 24.1K | #269 of 470 |
| Haldwani | 52Moderate | 22.8% | 22.6K | #259 of 470 |
| Roorkee | 96Moderate | 36.5% | — | #99 of 470 |
| Kashipur | 110Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 22.6% | 38.9K | #261 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 Uttarakhand lost?
Since 2001, Uttarakhand has lost about 23,700 hectares of forest (about 33,000 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (35%). About 9,860 hectares (42%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 23,700 haabout 33,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9,860 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 | 115 ha | 212 ha | 327 ha |
| 2002 | 169 ha | 361 ha | 530 ha |
| 2003 | 121 ha | 139 ha | 260 ha |
| 2004 | 249 ha | 540 ha | 789 ha |
| 2005 | 232 ha | 368 ha | 600 ha |
| 2006 | 600 ha | 539 ha | 1,140 ha |
| 2007 | 347 ha | 649 ha | 996 ha |
| 2008 | 566 ha | 1,130 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 2009 | 358 ha | 572 ha | 930 ha |
| 2010 | 280 ha | 401 ha | 681 ha |
| 2011 | 275 ha | 526 ha | 801 ha |
| 2012 | 409 ha | 933 ha | 1,340 ha |
| 2013 | 122 ha | 336 ha | 458 ha |
| 2014 | 115 ha | 486 ha | 601 ha |
| 2015 | 109 ha | 665 ha | 774 ha |
| 2016 | 251 ha | 634 ha | 885 ha |
| 2017 | 268 ha | 407 ha | 675 ha |
| 2018 | 339 ha | 296 ha | 635 ha |
| 2019 | 292 ha | 481 ha | 773 ha |
| 2020 | 369 ha | 596 ha | 965 ha |
| 2021 | 866 ha | 825 ha | 1,690 ha |
| 2022 | 489 ha | 303 ha | 792 ha |
| 2023 | 1,350 ha | 621 ha | 1,970 ha |
| 2024 | 1,020 ha | 766 ha | 1,780 ha |
| 2025 | 552 ha | 1,060 ha | 1,610 ha |
Forest loss is speeding up: about 1,570 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 787 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2023, when about 1,970 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Uttarakhand?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good35% · 8,390 ha
- Loggingcan grow back35% · 8,190 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back7.6% · 1,800 ha
Also: wildfires, towns and roads, shifting farming, 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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