City report · Gujarat, India
Valsād Air quality today
Air quality in Valsād currently reads AQI 97 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 97
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 30.8
- tree cover
- 36.1%
- trees in this area
- 111K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around West Railway Colony, Valsad, Gujarat 396001, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Nov 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Valsād · AQI 97 (Moderate)
Valsād's tree count comes to 111,370 trees across 12.34 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Valsād today: AQI 97, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 85 km, e.g. Vapi and Surat
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
30.8
PM10
41.0
NO₂
33.1
O₃
37.0
SO₂
31.2
CO
276.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Valsād's daily AQI at 110 on average, from 99 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5.
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 Valsād: Healthy tree cover
36.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.34 km² of land.
Trees in this area
111,370
Target trees
111,370
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Valsād lost?
Almost no forest has been lost around Valsād since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 123 hectares there in 2000.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 9,110 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,410 ha
- Overall change
- +301 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valsād grew from about 9,110 hectares to 9,410 hectares, a net gain of about 301 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 429 hectares, while 128 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 Valsād right now?
The latest reading for Valsād shows an AQI of 97 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Valsād today?
At AQI 97 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Valsād been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Valsād's daily AQI at 110 on average, from 99 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Valsād'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 Valsād lost since 2001?
Almost no forest has been lost around Valsād since 2001: less than 1 hectare of the 123 hectares there in 2000. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Valsād grew from about 9,110 hectares to 9,410 hectares, a net gain of about 301 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 429 hectares, while 128 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Valsād?
Valsād has an estimated 111,370 trees across the 12.34 km² of land measured — 36.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Valsād need?
Valsād has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Valsād'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 West Railway Colony; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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