City report · Jammu and Kashmir, India
Srinagar Air quality today
Air quality in Srinagar currently reads AQI 32 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 32
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.8
- tree cover
- 7.1%
- trees in this area
- 22.3K
- more trees needed
- 71.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Srinagar · AQI 32 (Good)
Srinagar's tree count comes to 22,261 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 71,799 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Srinagar today: AQI 32, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 20:30 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Rajbagh, Srinagar - JKSPCB, 2.5 km away
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.8
PM10
15.4
NO₂
28.9
O₃
0.0
SO₂
7.4
CO
0.5
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Srinagar's daily AQI at 134 on average, from 119 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 9.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Srinagar: Critically low
7.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
22,261
Target trees
94,060
More trees needed
71,799
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,580 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Srinagar lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Srinagar has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 6 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (10%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 4 haabout 6 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
The worst year was 2007, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 1 ha | 2 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 Srinagar?
- Towns and roadscleared for good10% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown90% · 4 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
- 4,040 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,480 ha
- Overall change
- +447 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Srinagar grew from about 4,040 hectares to 4,480 hectares, a net gain of about 447 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 512 hectares, while 64 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 Srinagar right now?
The latest reading for Srinagar shows an AQI of 32 (Good), measured Nov 11, 20:30 local time by the Rajbagh, Srinagar - JKSPCB ground monitoring station, 2.5 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Srinagar today?
At AQI 32 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Srinagar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Srinagar's daily AQI at 134 on average, from 119 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 9. On 7 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Srinagar'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 Srinagar lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Srinagar has lost about 4 hectares of forest (about 6 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was towns and roads (10%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Srinagar grew from about 4,040 hectares to 4,480 hectares, a net gain of about 447 hectares (+11%). New forest grew on about 512 hectares, while 64 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Srinagar?
Srinagar has an estimated 22,261 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 7.1% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Srinagar need?
Srinagar needs roughly 71,799 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,580 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Srinagar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Srinagar, 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 Srinagar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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