City report · Shandong, China
Dezhou Air quality today
Air quality in Dezhou currently reads AQI 147 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 147
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 54.2
- tree cover
- 22.3%
- trees in this area
- 69.6K
- more trees needed
- 39.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Decheng District, Dezhou, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dezhou · AQI 147 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Dezhou's tree count comes to 69,567 trees across 12.48 km² of land, 13 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 39,619 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dezhou today: AQI 147, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 21:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Dezhou (德州), 1.6 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
54.2
PM10
74.2
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 Dezhou's daily AQI at 102 on average, from 66 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 7.
Where Dezhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dezhou: Below target
22.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
69,567
Target trees
109,186
More trees needed
39,619
CO₂ if planted / yr
871.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dezhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dezhou has lost about 28 hectares of forest (about 39 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) 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
- 28 haabout 39 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 13%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 18 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, 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 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 Dezhou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 17 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6.1% · 2 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.4% · 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
- 1,150 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,590 ha
- Overall change
- +2,440 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dezhou grew from about 1,150 hectares to 3,590 hectares, a net gain of about 2,440 hectares (+213%). New forest grew on about 2,450 hectares, while 11 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 Dezhou right now?
The latest reading for Dezhou shows an AQI of 147 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 21:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Dezhou (德州), 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 Dezhou today?
At AQI 147 (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 Dezhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dezhou's daily AQI at 102 on average, from 66 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dezhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dezhou has lost about 28 hectares of forest (about 39 football pitches): 13% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dezhou grew from about 1,150 hectares to 3,590 hectares, a net gain of about 2,440 hectares (+213%). New forest grew on about 2,450 hectares, while 11 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Dezhou?
Dezhou has an estimated 69,567 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 22.3% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dezhou need?
Dezhou needs roughly 39,619 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 871.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Dezhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Decheng 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 Decheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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