City report · Guangdong, China
Encheng Air quality today
Air quality in Encheng currently reads AQI 144 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 144
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 53.0
- tree cover
- 28.0%
- trees in this area
- 83.8K
- more trees needed
- 21.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Enping, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Encheng · AQI 144 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Encheng's tree count comes to 83,830 trees across 11.98 km² of land, 7 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 20,958 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Encheng today: AQI 144, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · 北郊, (江门市北郊), 4.4 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
53.0
PM10
85.3
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
- 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 Encheng's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 47 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 90 on Nov 6.
Where Encheng stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Encheng: Below target
28.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.98 km² of land.
Trees in this area
83,830
Target trees
104,788
More trees needed
20,958
CO₂ if planted / yr
461.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Encheng lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Encheng has lost about 3,250 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 200 hectares (6.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,250 haabout 4,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 31%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 200 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 231 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 395 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | 25 ha | 26 ha |
| 2002 | 8 ha | 94 ha | 102 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 26 ha | 27 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 50 ha | 51 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 59 ha | 59 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 84 ha | 86 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 77 ha | 85 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | 84 ha | 114 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 78 ha | 88 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 26 ha | 33 ha |
| 2011 | 19 ha | 211 ha | 230 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 64 ha | 69 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | 137 ha | 142 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | 97 ha | 104 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 162 ha | 171 ha |
| 2016 | 13 ha | 382 ha | 395 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | 186 ha | 195 ha |
| 2018 | 28 ha | 237 ha | 264 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 220 ha | 228 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | 74 ha | 75 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 114 ha | 116 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 220 ha | 222 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 168 ha | 171 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 91 ha | 101 ha |
| 2025 | 10 ha | 86 ha | 97 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Encheng?
- Loggingcan grow back94% · 3,040 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.9% · 158 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.1% · 37 ha
Also: mining and energy, shifting farming, 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
- 15,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,600 ha
- Overall change
- −564 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Encheng shrank from about 15,200 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net loss of about 564 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 769 hectares, but 1,330 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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Questions about Encheng
What is the air quality (AQI) in Encheng right now?
The latest reading for Encheng shows an AQI of 144 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by the 北郊, (江门市北郊) ground monitoring station, 4.4 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Encheng today?
At AQI 144 (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 Encheng been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Encheng's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 47 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 90 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Encheng lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Encheng has lost about 3,250 hectares of forest (about 4,600 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 200 hectares (6.2%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 141 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 231 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Encheng shrank from about 15,200 hectares to 14,600 hectares, a net loss of about 564 hectares (−3.7%). New forest grew on about 769 hectares, but 1,330 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Encheng?
Encheng has an estimated 83,830 trees across the 11.98 km² of land measured — 28.0% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Encheng need?
Encheng needs roughly 20,958 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 461.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Encheng's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Enping, 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 Enping; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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