City report · Guizhou, China
Anshun Air quality today
Air quality in Anshun currently reads AQI 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 139
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 67.4
- tree cover
- 14.7%
- trees in this area
- 45.4K
- more trees needed
- 62.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xixiu District, Anshun, Guizhou, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Anshun · AQI 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Anshun's tree count comes to 45,443 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 20 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 62,754 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Anshun today: AQI 139, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Guiyang and Zunyi
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
67.4
PM10
47.6
NO₂
54.3
O₃
15.0
SO₂
141.0
CO
2722.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Anshun's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 10.
Where Anshun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Anshun: Critically low
14.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
45,443
Target trees
108,197
More trees needed
62,754
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,381 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Anshun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anshun has lost about 37 hectares of forest (about 52 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2019: satellite photo from August 2019 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 37 haabout 52 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 31 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 8 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 Anshun?
- Towns and roadscleared for good53% · 20 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good29% · 11 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.1% · 2 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, farms, pasture and plantations, unknown causes.
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
- 7,930 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,190 ha
- Overall change
- +260 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anshun grew from about 7,930 hectares to 8,190 hectares, a net gain of about 260 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 388 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 Anshun right now?
The latest reading for Anshun shows an AQI of 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 10, 21:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Anshun today?
At AQI 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Anshun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Anshun's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 24 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Anshun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Anshun has lost about 37 hectares of forest (about 52 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Anshun grew from about 7,930 hectares to 8,190 hectares, a net gain of about 260 hectares (+3.3%). New forest grew on about 388 hectares, while 128 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Anshun?
Anshun has an estimated 45,443 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 14.7% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Anshun need?
Anshun needs roughly 62,754 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,381 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Anshun'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 Xixiu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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