City report · Hubei, China
Enshi Air quality today
Air quality in Enshi currently reads AQI 82 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 82
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.3
- tree cover
- 23.8%
- trees in this area
- 74.4K
- more trees needed
- 19.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Enshi, Enshi City, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Enshi · AQI 82 (Moderate)
Enshi's tree count comes to 74,396 trees across 12.51 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 19,380 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Enshi today: AQI 82, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Wushan, Chongqing, China and Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.3
PM10
46.9
NO₂
50.5
O₃
1.0
SO₂
49.9
CO
781.0
- 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 Enshi's daily AQI at 81 on average, from 58 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 134 on Nov 5.
Where Enshi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Enshi: Below target
23.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.51 km² of land.
Trees in this area
74,396
Target trees
93,776
More trees needed
19,380
CO₂ if planted / yr
426.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Enshi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Enshi has lost about 383 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 383 haabout 540 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 368 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 75 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 | 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 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 21 ha | 3 ha | 24 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2012 | 74 ha | under 1 ha | 75 ha |
| 2013 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2014 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2017 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2018 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2019 | 28 ha | 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2021 | 29 ha | 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2025 | 21 ha | 5 ha | 26 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Enshi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good95% · 363 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.3% · 5 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.2% · 5 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 23,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,900 ha
- Overall change
- −1,350 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Enshi shrank from about 23,200 hectares to 21,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,350 hectares (−5.8%). New forest grew on about 230 hectares, but 1,580 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 Enshi right now?
The latest reading for Enshi shows an AQI of 82 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 185 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 Enshi today?
At AQI 82 (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 Enshi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Enshi's daily AQI at 81 on average, from 58 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 134 on Nov 5. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Enshi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Enshi has lost about 383 hectares of forest (about 540 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (96%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Enshi shrank from about 23,200 hectares to 21,900 hectares, a net loss of about 1,350 hectares (−5.8%). New forest grew on about 230 hectares, but 1,580 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Enshi?
Enshi has an estimated 74,396 trees across the 12.51 km² of land measured — 23.8% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Enshi need?
Enshi needs roughly 19,380 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 426.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Enshi'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 Enshi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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