City report · Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh
Sherpur Air quality today
Air quality in Sherpur currently reads AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 111
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 45.4
- tree cover
- 61.0%
- trees in this area
- 192K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Sherpur, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Sherpur · AQI 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Sherpur's tree count comes to 191,637 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Sherpur today: AQI 111, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 8 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Gazipur and Tongi
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
45.4
PM10
70.8
NO₂
22.4
O₃
78.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
1166.0
- 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 Sherpur's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 97 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 10.
Where Sherpur stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Sherpur: Healthy tree cover
61.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
191,637
Target trees
191,637
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Sherpur lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sherpur has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (6.9%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3 haabout 4 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Sherpur?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown86% · 3 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
- 6,870 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,460 ha
- Overall change
- +594 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sherpur grew from about 6,870 hectares to 7,460 hectares, a net gain of about 594 hectares (+8.6%). New forest grew on about 607 hectares, while 13 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Sherpur right now?
The latest reading for Sherpur shows an AQI of 111 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 8 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Sherpur today?
At AQI 111 (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 Sherpur been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Sherpur's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 97 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 10. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Sherpur lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Sherpur has lost about 3 hectares of forest (about 4 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (6.9%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Sherpur grew from about 6,870 hectares to 7,460 hectares, a net gain of about 594 hectares (+8.6%). New forest grew on about 607 hectares, while 13 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Sherpur?
Sherpur has an estimated 191,637 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 61.0% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Sherpur need?
Sherpur has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Sherpur's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Sherpur; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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