City report · Gansu, China
Dingxi Air quality today
Air quality in Dingxi currently reads AQI 76 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 76
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 23.4
- tree cover
- 7.4%
- trees in this area
- 23.2K
- more trees needed
- 71.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Anding District, Dingxi, Dingxi, Gansu, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dingxi · AQI 76 (Moderate)
Dingxi's tree count comes to 23,248 trees across 12.57 km², 23 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 71,000 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dingxi today: AQI 76, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Lanzhou and Baiyin
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
23.4
PM10
16.9
NO₂
21.8
O₃
35.0
SO₂
5.7
CO
292.0
- 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 Dingxi's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 43 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 9.
Where Dingxi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dingxi: Critically low
7.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
23,248
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
71,000
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,562 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dingxi lost?
There was very little forest around Dingxi in 2000, about 3 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2002, 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 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 Dingxi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good46% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown54% · 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
In the same region
Measured cities near Dingxi
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Lanzhou88.9 km
China
- Tree cover
- 12%
- Air quality
- 154
- Gangu Chengguanzhen112.8 km
China
- Tree cover
- 15%
- Air quality
- 62
- Baiyin115.9 km
China
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 137
- Linxia Chengguanzhen128.1 km
China
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 140
- Tianshui150.1 km
China
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 79
- Guyuan157.2 km
China
- Tree cover
- 6%
- Air quality
- 82
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Dingxi right now?
The latest reading for Dingxi shows an AQI of 76 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Dingxi today?
At AQI 76 (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 Dingxi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dingxi's daily AQI at 50 on average, from 43 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 9. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dingxi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Dingxi in 2000, about 3 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.
What is the tree count in Dingxi?
Dingxi has an estimated 23,248 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 7.4% tree cover, 23 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dingxi need?
Dingxi needs roughly 71,000 more trees to close a 23-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,562 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Dingxi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Anding District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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