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Air quality now: AQI178Unhealthy, Shibganj

City report · Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh

Shibganj Air quality today

Air quality in Shibganj currently reads AQI 178 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

AQI 178

Air quality right now

Unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
81.0
tree cover
40.8%
trees in this area
128K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Shibganj, Bangladesh (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Shibganj · AQI 178 (Unhealthy)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Nov 6, 2026

Shibganj's tree count comes to 128,049 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Shibganj today: AQI 178, Unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Gazipur and Savar

Health signal

Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

PM2.5

81.0

PM10

125.7

NO₂

47.3

O₃

31.0

SO₂

8.1

CO

649.0

Outdoor exercise
Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
Windows
Keep them closed
Mask
Wear an N95 outdoors
Air purifier
Run one

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shibganj's daily AQI at 165 on average, from 116 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 245 on Nov 11.

Last 7 daysavg 165 · peak 245
Nov 5: AQI 160 (peak 197)Nov 6: AQI 165 (peak 198)Nov 7: AQI 170 (peak 197)Nov 8: AQI 128 (peak 168)Nov 9: AQI 116 (peak 214)Nov 10: AQI 180 (peak 239)Nov 11: AQI 233 (peak 245)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Shibganj stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Shibganj: Healthy tree cover

40.8% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

128,049

Target trees

128,049

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Shibganj lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shibganj 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 (20%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.

Satellite image of the area around Shibganj, February 2017

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
Forest lost each year around Shibganj, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Shibganj, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.0.9

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Forest lost each year around Shibganj, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Shibganj?

  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good20% · under 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown80% · 2 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
6,320 ha
Forest in 2020
6,560 ha
Overall change
+242 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shibganj grew from about 6,320 hectares to 6,560 hectares, a net gain of about 242 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 250 hectares, while 8 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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Questions about Shibganj

What is the air quality (AQI) in Shibganj right now?

The latest reading for Shibganj shows an AQI of 178 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 02:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Shibganj today?

At AQI 178 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.

What has the air quality in Shibganj been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shibganj's daily AQI at 165 on average, from 116 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 245 on Nov 11. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Shibganj lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shibganj 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 (20%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shibganj grew from about 6,320 hectares to 6,560 hectares, a net gain of about 242 hectares (+3.8%). New forest grew on about 250 hectares, while 8 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Shibganj?

Shibganj has an estimated 128,049 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 40.8% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Shibganj need?

Shibganj has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Shibganj'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 Shibganj; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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