City report · Inner Mongolia, China
Baotou Air quality today
Air quality in Baotou currently reads AQI 167 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 167
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 78.7
- tree cover
- 18.4%
- trees in this area
- 57.7K
- more trees needed
- 67.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Hondlon District, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Baotou · AQI 167 (Unhealthy)
Baotou's tree count comes to 57,747 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 22 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 67,791 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Baotou today: AQI 167, 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 · Baotou (包头), 700 m away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
78.7
PM10
165.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project
- 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 Baotou's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 47 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 194 on Nov 5.
Where Baotou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Baotou: Critically low
18.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
57,747
Target trees
125,538
More trees needed
67,791
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,491 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Baotou lost?
There was very little forest around Baotou in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | 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 Baotou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown56% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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
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Questions about Baotou
What is the air quality (AQI) in Baotou right now?
The latest reading for Baotou shows an AQI of 167 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Baotou (包头), 700 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Baotou today?
At AQI 167 (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 Baotou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Baotou's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 47 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 194 on Nov 5. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Baotou lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Baotou in 2000, about 27 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 Baotou?
Baotou has an estimated 57,747 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 18.4% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Baotou need?
Baotou needs roughly 67,791 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,491 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Baotou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Hondlon 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 Hondlon District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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