City report · Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Savar Air quality today
Air quality in Savar currently reads AQI 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 143
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 52.7
- tree cover
- 45.0%
- trees in this area
- 133K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Savar, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Savar · AQI 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Savar's tree count comes to 132,607 trees across 11.79 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Savar today: AQI 143, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Dept. of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University (S2), 4.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
52.7
PM10
—
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Savar's daily AQI at 151 on average, from 127 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 242 on Nov 9.
Where Savar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Savar: Healthy tree cover
45.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.79 km² of land.
Trees in this area
132,607
Target trees
132,607
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Savar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Savar has lost about 36 hectares of forest (about 50 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 36 haabout 50 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 26 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 7 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Savar?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 16 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good28% · 10 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown26% · 9 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 5,920 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,460 ha
- Overall change
- +537 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Savar grew from about 5,920 hectares to 6,460 hectares, a net gain of about 537 hectares (+9.1%). New forest grew on about 657 hectares, while 120 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 Savar right now?
The latest reading for Savar shows an AQI of 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Dept. of Public Health and Informatics, Jahangirnagar University (S2), 4.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Savar today?
At AQI 143 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Savar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Savar's daily AQI at 151 on average, from 127 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 242 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Savar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Savar has lost about 36 hectares of forest (about 50 football pitches): 7.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Savar grew from about 5,920 hectares to 6,460 hectares, a net gain of about 537 hectares (+9.1%). New forest grew on about 657 hectares, while 120 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Savar?
Savar has an estimated 132,607 trees across the 11.79 km² of land measured — 45.0% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Savar need?
Savar has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Savar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Savar, 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 Savar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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