City report · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Shabqadar Air quality today
Air quality in Shabqadar currently reads AQI 294 (Very unhealthy): Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 294
Very unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 219.4
- tree cover
- 15.3%
- trees in this area
- 48.1K
- more trees needed
- 93.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shabqadar, Pakistan (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shabqadar · AQI 294 (Very unhealthy)
Shabqadar's tree count comes to 48,066 trees across 12.57 km², 30 points below the 45% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 93,305 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shabqadar today: AQI 294, Very unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Abasyn University, 20.6 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
219.4
PM10
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NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
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Data: OpenAQ · AirGradient, Hawanama, The Urban Unit, Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی)
- 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 Shabqadar's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 82 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 9.
Where Shabqadar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shabqadar: Critically low
15.3% tree cover against a 45% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
48,066
Target trees
141,371
More trees needed
93,305
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,053 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shabqadar lost?
There was almost no forest around Shabqadar 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 630 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 970 ha
- Overall change
- +340 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shabqadar grew from about 630 hectares to 970 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+54%). New forest grew on about 343 hectares, while 3 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 Shabqadar right now?
The latest reading for Shabqadar shows an AQI of 294 (Very unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 20:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Abasyn University, 20.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Health alert — everyone should avoid long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shabqadar today?
At AQI 294 (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 Shabqadar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shabqadar's daily AQI at 97 on average, from 82 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 9. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shabqadar lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Shabqadar 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 Shabqadar grew from about 630 hectares to 970 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+54%). New forest grew on about 343 hectares, while 3 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shabqadar?
Shabqadar has an estimated 48,066 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 15.3% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 45% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shabqadar need?
Shabqadar needs roughly 93,305 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 45% tree-cover target — about 2,053 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shabqadar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shabqadar, 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 Shabqadar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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