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Dasha Air quality today
Air quality in Dasha currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 96
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.0
- tree cover
- 27.3%
- trees in this area
- 83.6K
- more trees needed
- 8.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Huangpu, Guangzhou, 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.
Dasha · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Dasha's tree count comes to 83,621 trees across 12.26 km² of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 8,270 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dasha today: AQI 96, Moderate
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 · shì bāshí liù zhōng, Guangzhou (广州市八十六中), 1.1 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.0
PM10
67.1
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
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dasha's daily AQI at 79 on average, from 49 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 5.
Where Dasha stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dasha: Below target
27.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.26 km² of land.
Trees in this area
83,621
Target trees
91,891
More trees needed
8,270
CO₂ if planted / yr
181.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dasha lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dasha has lost about 305 hectares of forest (about 430 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 305 haabout 430 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 14%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 293 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 51 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2002 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2005 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | 50 ha | 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2011 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2013 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2014 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2019 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Dasha?
- Towns and roadscleared for good96% · 293 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.4% · 4 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown2.6% · 8 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
- 5,640 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,640 ha
- Overall change
- −3 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dasha stayed about the same size, at about 5,640 hectares: new forest grew on about 663 hectares, and about 666 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 Dasha right now?
The latest reading for Dasha shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is shì bāshí liù zhōng, Guangzhou (广州市八十六中), 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Dasha today?
At AQI 96 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Dasha been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dasha's daily AQI at 79 on average, from 49 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 5. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dasha lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dasha has lost about 305 hectares of forest (about 430 football pitches): 14% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dasha stayed about the same size, at about 5,640 hectares: new forest grew on about 663 hectares, and about 666 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Dasha?
Dasha has an estimated 83,621 trees across the 12.26 km² of land measured — 27.3% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dasha need?
Dasha needs roughly 8,270 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 181.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Dasha's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Huangpu, 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 Huangpu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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