City report · Sichuan, China
Deyang Air quality today
Air quality in Deyang currently reads AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 149
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 54.9
- tree cover
- 16.1%
- trees in this area
- 48.6K
- more trees needed
- 57.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jingyang District, Deyang, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Deyang · AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Deyang's tree count comes to 48,607 trees across 12.08 km² of land, 19 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 57,060 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Deyang today: AQI 149, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · Deyang (德阳), 1.6 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
54.9
PM10
65.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Sichuan Province Environmental Protection Agency (四川省环保重点城市环境空气质量实时监测结果)
- 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 Deyang's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 69 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 188 on Nov 6.
Where Deyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Deyang: Critically low
16.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.08 km² of land.
Trees in this area
48,607
Target trees
105,667
More trees needed
57,060
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,255 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Deyang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Deyang has lost about 34 hectares of forest (about 47 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 34 haabout 47 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 29 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2008, when about 9 hectares 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Deyang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good78% · 26 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.2% · 2 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.5% · 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
- 5,070 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,060 ha
- Overall change
- +989 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Deyang grew from about 5,070 hectares to 6,060 hectares, a net gain of about 989 hectares (+19%). New forest grew on about 1,020 hectares, while 29 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 Deyang right now?
The latest reading for Deyang shows an AQI of 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Deyang (德阳), 1.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Deyang today?
At AQI 149 (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 Deyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Deyang's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 69 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 188 on Nov 6. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Deyang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Deyang has lost about 34 hectares of forest (about 47 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Deyang grew from about 5,070 hectares to 6,060 hectares, a net gain of about 989 hectares (+19%). New forest grew on about 1,020 hectares, while 29 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Deyang?
Deyang has an estimated 48,607 trees across the 12.08 km² of land measured — 16.1% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Deyang need?
Deyang needs roughly 57,060 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,255 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Deyang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jingyang 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 Jingyang District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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