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Anyang-si vs Incheon

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.

Anyang-si has more tree cover — 44.3% against 19.1%.

Incheon has cleaner air right now — AQI 48 against 67.

Tree cover gap
25.2 points
Anyang-si is ahead.
Air quality gap
19 AQI
Incheon is cleaner.
Trees between them
79.2K
Anyang-si has more standing.
Anyang-si

South Korea

Incheon

South Korea

Tree cover

Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.

44.3%

19.1%

Air quality index

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

67 · Moderate

48 · Good

Trees standing

Estimated from the measured canopy area.

139K

60.0K

Trees still needed

To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.

0

34.2K

CO₂ absorbed each year

By the trees already standing.

3.1M kg

1.3M 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. Both are read from nearby ground stations.

PM2.5

Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.

19.5 µg/m³

11.5 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-siIncheon· daily US EPA index, last 7 days
05010022 Sept25 Sept28 Sept
Daily air quality index for Anyang-si and Incheon
DayAnyang-siIncheon
22 Sept6067
23 Sept6776
24 Sept6971
25 Sept9392
26 Sept5461
27 Sept8795
28 Sept6458

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. Anyang-si leads here at 44.3%.

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 67 (moderate) and Incheon reads 48 (good) right now.

Frequently asked

Anyang-si and Incheon, answered

Which has more trees, Anyang-si or Incheon?

Anyang-si, with roughly 139,173 trees inside its 2 km radius against 60,004. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Anyang-si has the denser canopy at 44.3%.

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

Incheon right now, at AQI 48 against 67 — a gap of 19 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 Incheon about 34,243. 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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