City report · Karnataka, India
Tumkūr Air quality today
Air quality in Tumkūr currently reads AQI 181 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 181
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 108.1
- tree cover
- 27.7%
- trees in this area
- 78.6K
- more trees needed
- 34.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ward No. 18, Tumkur, Tumakur, Karnataka, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Tumkūr · AQI 181 (Unhealthy)
Tumkūr's tree count comes to 78,581 trees across 11.35 km² of land, 12 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 34,893 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Tumkūr today: AQI 181, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Bengaluru and Bengaluru
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
108.1
PM10
44.6
NO₂
10.7
O₃
79.0
SO₂
13.7
CO
372.0
- 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 Tumkūr's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 42 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 10.
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 Tumkūr: Below target
27.7% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.35 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,581
Target trees
113,474
More trees needed
34,893
CO₂ if planted / yr
767.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Tumkūr lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tumkūr has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 3 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Tumkūr?
- Towns and roadscleared for good90% · 5 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.7% · under 1 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
- 6,840 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,060 ha
- Overall change
- +1,230 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tumkūr grew from about 6,840 hectares to 8,060 hectares, a net gain of about 1,230 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 1,260 hectares, while 32 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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Frequently asked
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Tumkūr right now?
The latest reading for Tumkūr shows an AQI of 181 (Unhealthy), observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 145 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 Tumkūr today?
At AQI 181 (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 Tumkūr been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tumkūr's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 42 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 127 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Tumkūr'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 Tumkūr lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Tumkūr has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Tumkūr grew from about 6,840 hectares to 8,060 hectares, a net gain of about 1,230 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 1,260 hectares, while 32 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Tumkūr?
Tumkūr has an estimated 78,581 trees across the 11.35 km² of land measured — 27.7% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Tumkūr need?
Tumkūr needs roughly 34,893 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 767.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Tumkūr'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 Ward No. 18; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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