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Anyang-si vs Gimpo-si

Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.

Gimpo-si has more tree cover — 45.2% against 44.3%.

Gimpo-si has cleaner air right now — AQI 38 against 63.

Tree cover gap
0.9 points
Gimpo-si is ahead.
Air quality gap
25 AQI
Gimpo-si is cleaner.
Trees between them
2.7K
Gimpo-si has more standing.
Anyang-si

South Korea

Gimpo-si

South Korea

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

44.3%

45.2%

Air quality index

US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.

63 · Moderate

38 · Good

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

139K

142K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

0

0

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

3.1M kg

3.1M kg

Air quality in detail

What each city is breathing

Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Anyang-si is read from nearby ground stations and Gimpo-si is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

17.7 µg/m³

7.9 µg/m³

The last week, day by day

A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.

Anyang-siGimpo-si· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
05010022 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Anyang-si and Gimpo-si
DayAnyang-siGimpo-si
22 Sept6067
23 Sept6776
24 Sept6971
25 Sept9392
26 Sept5461
27 Sept8795
28 Sept6053

Reading these numbers

What is actually being measured

Tree cover

The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Gimpo-si leads here at 45.2%.

Air quality index

The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Anyang-si reads 63 (moderate) and Gimpo-si reads 38 (good) right now.

Frequently asked

Anyang-si and Gimpo-si, answered

Which has more trees, Anyang-si or Gimpo-si?

Gimpo-si, with roughly 141,858 trees inside its 2 km radius against 139,173. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Gimpo-si has the denser canopy at 45.2%.

Which has better air quality, Anyang-si or Gimpo-si?

Gimpo-si right now, at AQI 38 against 63 — a gap of 25 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.

How many more trees does each city need?

Anyang-si needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Gimpo-si about 0. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.

Are these two measured the same way?

Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.

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