City report · Shandong, China
Binzhou Air quality today
Air quality in Binzhou currently reads AQI 132 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 132
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 48.1
- tree cover
- 15.2%
- trees in this area
- 43.5K
- more trees needed
- 56.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bincheng District, Binzhou, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Binzhou · AQI 132 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Binzhou's tree count comes to 43,550 trees across 11.46 km² of land, 20 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 56,730 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Binzhou today: AQI 132, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Beizhong new school, Binzhou (滨州北中新校), 3.5 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
48.1
PM10
57.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- 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 Binzhou's daily AQI at 104 on average, from 53 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 7.
Where Binzhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Binzhou: Critically low
15.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
43,550
Target trees
100,280
More trees needed
56,730
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,248 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Binzhou lost?
There was very little forest around Binzhou in 2000, about 64 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 1 hectare of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Binzhou?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.6% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.6% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good5.6% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 214 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 823 ha
- Overall change
- +609 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Binzhou grew from about 214 hectares to 823 hectares, a net gain of about 609 hectares (+285%). New forest grew on about 608 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Binzhou right now?
The latest reading for Binzhou shows an AQI of 132 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Beizhong new school, Binzhou (滨州北中新校), 3.5 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Binzhou today?
At AQI 132 (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 Binzhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Binzhou's daily AQI at 104 on average, from 53 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Binzhou lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Binzhou in 2000, about 64 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Binzhou grew from about 214 hectares to 823 hectares, a net gain of about 609 hectares (+285%). New forest grew on about 608 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Binzhou?
Binzhou has an estimated 43,550 trees across the 11.46 km² of land measured — 15.2% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Binzhou need?
Binzhou needs roughly 56,730 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,248 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Binzhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bincheng 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 Bincheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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