City report · Punjab, Pakistan
Sargodha Air quality today
Air quality in Sargodha currently reads AQI 615 (Hazardous): Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 615
Hazardous
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 383.1
- tree cover
- 12.7%
- trees in this area
- 39.9K
- more trees needed
- 101K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sargodha, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sargodha · AQI 615 (Hazardous)
Sargodha's tree count comes to 39,898 trees across 12.57 km², 32 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 101,473 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sargodha today: AQI 615, Hazardous
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Qasim Park University Road , 2.7 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
PM2.5
383.1
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed and seal gaps
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you must go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sargodha's daily AQI at 212 on average, from 118 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 402 on Nov 11.
Where Sargodha stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sargodha: Critically low
12.7% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
39,898
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
101,473
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,232 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sargodha lost?
There was almost no forest around Sargodha in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 92 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 189 ha
- Overall change
- +97 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sargodha grew from about 92 hectares to 189 hectares, a net gain of about 97 hectares. New forest grew on about 98 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
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. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Sargodha right now?
The latest reading for Sargodha shows an AQI of 615 (Hazardous), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Qasim Park University Road , 2.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Emergency conditions — avoid outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sargodha today?
At AQI 615 (Hazardous): everyone should avoid all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed and seal gaps. Masks: wear an N95 if you must go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Sargodha been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sargodha's daily AQI at 212 on average, from 118 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 402 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sargodha lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Sargodha in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sargodha grew from about 92 hectares to 189 hectares, a net gain of about 97 hectares. New forest grew on about 98 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Sargodha?
Sargodha has an estimated 39,898 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.7% tree cover, 32 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sargodha need?
Sargodha needs roughly 101,473 more trees to close a 32-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,232 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Sargodha's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Sargodha, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Sargodha; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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