City report · Tibet, China
Doilungdêqên Air quality today
Air quality in Doilungdêqên currently reads AQI 17 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 17
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.1
- tree cover
- 2.3%
- trees in this area
- 7.0K
- more trees needed
- 84.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Doilungdêqên District, Lhasa, Tibet, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Doilungdêqên · AQI 17 (Good)
Doilungdêqên's tree count comes to 7,002 trees across 12.18 km² of land, 28 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 84,324 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Doilungdêqên today: AQI 17, Good
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 · District radiation station, Lhasa (拉萨区辐射站), 1.2 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.1
PM10
10.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Tibet Autonomous Region Environmental Protection Agency (西藏自治区环境保护厅)
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Doilungdêqên's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 4 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 31 on Nov 9.
Where Doilungdêqên stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Doilungdêqên: Critically low
2.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.18 km² of land.
Trees in this area
7,002
Target trees
91,326
More trees needed
84,324
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,855 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Doilungdêqên lost?
There was very little forest around Doilungdêqên in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.
2018: satellite photo from January 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 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 Doilungdêqên?
- Loggingcan grow back79% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · under 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
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Doilungdêqên right now?
The latest reading for Doilungdêqên shows an AQI of 17 (Good), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is District radiation station, Lhasa (拉萨区辐射站), 1.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Doilungdêqên today?
At AQI 17 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Doilungdêqên been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Doilungdêqên's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 4 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 31 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 Doilungdêqên lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Doilungdêqên in 2000, about 39 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Doilungdêqên?
Doilungdêqên has an estimated 7,002 trees across the 12.18 km² of land measured — 2.3% tree cover, 28 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Doilungdêqên need?
Doilungdêqên needs roughly 84,324 more trees to close a 28-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,855 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Doilungdêqên's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Doilungdêqên 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 Doilungdêqên District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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