City report · Karnataka, India
Vijayapura Air quality today
Air quality in Vijayapura currently reads AQI 63 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 63
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.2
- tree cover
- 18.7%
- trees in this area
- 58.7K
- more trees needed
- 35.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Godbole Mala, Vijayapura, Karnataka, India (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Oct 27, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Vijayapura · AQI 63 (Moderate)
Vijayapura's tree count comes to 58,748 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,500 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Vijayapura today: AQI 63, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Bagalkot and Kalaburagi
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.2
PM10
24.0
NO₂
6.6
O₃
75.0
SO₂
9.1
CO
296.0
- 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 Vijayapura's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 40 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 8.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from India's AQI (CPCB) · The full guide
Where Vijayapura stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Vijayapura: Below target
18.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
58,748
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
35,500
CO₂ if planted / yr
781.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Vijayapura lost?
There was almost no forest around Vijayapura in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
In the same region
Measured cities near Vijayapura
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Bagalkot70.9 km
India
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 79
- Sholapur96.4 km
India
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 118
- Sāngli122.6 km
India
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 81
- Kalaburagi132.1 km
India
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 98
- Ichalkaranji134.4 km
India
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 105
- Dharashiv154.8 km
India
- Tree cover
- 10%
- Air quality
- 149
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Vijayapura right now?
The latest reading for Vijayapura shows an AQI of 63 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 145 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 Vijayapura today?
At AQI 63 (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 Vijayapura been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Vijayapura's daily AQI at 72 on average, from 40 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 122 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Vijayapura'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 Vijayapura lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Vijayapura in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
What is the tree count in Vijayapura?
Vijayapura has an estimated 58,748 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.7% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Vijayapura need?
Vijayapura needs roughly 35,500 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 781.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Vijayapura'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 Godbole Mala; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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