City report · Maharashtra, India
Satara Air quality today
Air quality in Satara currently reads AQI 217 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 217
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 142.0
- tree cover
- 24.9%
- trees in this area
- 78.2K
- more trees needed
- 63.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Malhar Peth, Satara, Maharashtra, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Satara · AQI 217 (Very unhealthy)
Satara's tree count comes to 78,226 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 63,146 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Satara today: AQI 217, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:45 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Koyana Nagar, Satara - MPCB, 1.6 km away
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
142.0
PM10
240.0
NO₂
179.5
O₃
1.7
SO₂
21.8
CO
2.4
Data: OpenAQ · N/A, a network OpenAQ doesn't name
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 if you go out
- Air purifier
- Run one on high
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Satara's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 76 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 126 on Nov 7.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Satara stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Satara: Critically low
24.9% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
78,226
Target trees
141,372
More trees needed
63,146
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,389 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Satara lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Satara since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 103 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 2,330 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,330 ha
- Overall change
- +under 1 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Satara stayed about the same size, at about 2,330 hectares: new forest grew on about 98 hectares, and about 98 hectares 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 Satara right now?
The latest reading for Satara shows an AQI of 217 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:45 local time by the Koyana Nagar, Satara - MPCB ground monitoring station, 1.6 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Satara today?
At AQI 217 (Very unhealthy): everyone should avoid long or hard exercise outdoors; sensitive groups, all outdoor exertion. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 if you go out. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Satara been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Satara's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 76 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 126 on Nov 7. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Satara's AQI 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.
How much forest has the area around Satara lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Satara since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 103 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Satara stayed about the same size, at about 2,330 hectares: new forest grew on about 98 hectares, and about 98 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Satara?
Satara has an estimated 78,226 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 24.9% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Satara need?
Satara needs roughly 63,146 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 1,389 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Satara's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Malhar Peth, 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 Malhar Peth; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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