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Daliang Air quality today

Air quality in Daliang currently reads AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Air quality right now

AQI 102

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
35.9
tree cover
23.7%
trees in this area
73.4K
more trees needed
35.0K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Daliang · AQI 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Aug 11, 2026

Daliang's tree count comes to 73,413 trees across 12.39 km² of land, 11 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 35,003 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Daliang today: AQI 102, 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 · Jinjuzui, Foshan (佛山金桔咀), 2.6 km away · median of 4 stations

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

35.9

PM10

53.4

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Guangdong Environmental Protection public network (广东环境保护公众网)

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 Daliang's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 61 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 5.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 95 · peak 181
Nov 5: AQI 111 (peak 181)Nov 6: AQI 137 (peak 177)Nov 7: AQI 106 (peak 162)Nov 8: AQI 101 (peak 169)Nov 9: AQI 61 (peak 93)Nov 10: AQI 72 (peak 114)Nov 11: AQI 78 (peak 103)
Nov 5Nov 11

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Daliang: Below target

23.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.39 km² of land.

11 points below target

Trees in this area

73,413

Target trees

108,416

More trees needed

35,003

CO₂ if planted / yr

770.1 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Daliang lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Daliang has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 22 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.

Satellite image of the area around Daliang, January 2017

2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
15 haabout 22 football pitches
Share of its forest
2.4%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
10 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2016, when about 3 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Daliang, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Daliang, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.2.7

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Forest lost each year around Daliang, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2002under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20082 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2009under 1 haunder 1 ha1 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 ha2 ha2 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2014under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20161 ha1 ha3 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2020under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2021under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2022under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20232 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20252 haunder 1 ha2 ha

What is causing deforestation around Daliang?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good65% · 10 ha
  • Loggingcan grow back8.4% · 1 ha
  • Unknown causescause unknown27% · 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
1,410 ha
Forest in 2020
1,710 ha
Overall change
+305 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Daliang grew from about 1,410 hectares to 1,710 hectares, a net gain of about 305 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 330 hectares, while 24 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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Questions about Daliang

What is the air quality (AQI) in Daliang right now?

The latest reading for Daliang shows an AQI of 102 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Jinjuzui, Foshan (佛山金桔咀), 2.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Daliang today?

At AQI 102 (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 Daliang been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Daliang's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 61 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 181 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Daliang lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Daliang has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 22 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (64%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Daliang grew from about 1,410 hectares to 1,710 hectares, a net gain of about 305 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 330 hectares, while 24 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Daliang?

Daliang has an estimated 73,413 trees across the 12.39 km² of land measured — 23.7% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Daliang need?

Daliang needs roughly 35,003 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 770.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Daliang's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shunde 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 Shunde District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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