City report · Andhra Pradesh, India
Tirupati Air quality today
Air quality in Tirupati currently reads AQI 153 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 153
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 58.0
- tree cover
- 29.4%
- trees in this area
- 92.4K
- more trees needed
- 33.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Reddy and Reddy's Colony, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517501, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tirupati · AQI 153 (Unhealthy)
Tirupati's tree count comes to 92,363 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,301 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tirupati today: AQI 153, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Tirumala, Tirupati - APPCB, 8.5 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
58.0
PM10
63.3
NO₂
131.0
O₃
28.1
SO₂
42.9
CO
1.2
Data: OpenAQ · CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India (GODL-India)
- 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 Tirupati's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 153 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 Tirupati: Below target
29.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
92,363
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
33,301
CO₂ if planted / yr
732.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tirupati lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tirupati has lost about 40 hectares of forest (about 56 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 9 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 40 haabout 56 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- under 1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 6 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Tirupati?
- Loggingcan grow back62% · 25 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good17% · 7 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5% · 2 ha
Also: unknown causes.
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
- 13,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,400 ha
- Overall change
- +263 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tirupati stayed about the same size, at about 13,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 349 hectares, and about 86 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 Tirupati right now?
The latest reading for Tirupati shows an AQI of 153 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Tirumala, Tirupati - APPCB, 8.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Tirupati today?
At AQI 153 (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 Tirupati been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tirupati's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 46 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 153 on Nov 9. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Tirupati'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 Tirupati lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tirupati has lost about 40 hectares of forest (about 56 football pitches): under 1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 9 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tirupati stayed about the same size, at about 13,400 hectares: new forest grew on about 349 hectares, and about 86 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tirupati?
Tirupati has an estimated 92,363 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 29.4% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tirupati need?
Tirupati needs roughly 33,301 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 732.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tirupati's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Reddy and Reddy's Colony, 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 Reddy and Reddy's Colony; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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