City report · Anhui, China
Anqing Air quality today
Air quality in Anqing currently reads AQI 157 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 157
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 64.2
- tree cover
- 19.4%
- trees in this area
- 46.5K
- more trees needed
- 49.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yingjiang District, Anqing, Anhui, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Anqing · AQI 157 (Unhealthy)
Anqing's tree count comes to 46,502 trees across 9.59 km² of land, 21 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,379 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Anqing today: AQI 157, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Mashan museum, Anqing (安庆马山宾馆), 1.4 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
64.2
PM10
88.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Anhui Environmental Protection Agency (安徽省生态环境厅)
- 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 Anqing's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 64 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 4.
Where Anqing stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Anqing: Critically low
19.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.59 km² of land.
Trees in this area
46,502
Target trees
95,881
More trees needed
49,379
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,086 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Anqing lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anqing has lost about 108 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 42% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 108 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 42%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 105 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 17 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Anqing?
- Towns and roadscleared for good97% · 105 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown3.2% · 4 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
- 1,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,780 ha
- Overall change
- −19 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anqing stayed about the same size, at about 1,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 273 hectares, and about 292 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 Anqing right now?
The latest reading for Anqing shows an AQI of 157 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Mashan museum, Anqing (安庆马山宾馆), 1.4 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Anqing today?
At AQI 157 (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 Anqing been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Anqing's daily AQI at 82 on average, from 64 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 4. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Anqing lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anqing has lost about 108 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 42% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anqing stayed about the same size, at about 1,780 hectares: new forest grew on about 273 hectares, and about 292 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Anqing?
Anqing has an estimated 46,502 trees across the 9.59 km² of land measured — 19.4% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Anqing need?
Anqing needs roughly 49,379 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,086 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Anqing's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Yingjiang District, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Yingjiang District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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