City report · Fujian, China
Fuding Air quality today
Air quality in Fuding currently reads AQI 56 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 56
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 11.9
- tree cover
- 44.5%
- trees in this area
- 135K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Fuding, Ningde, Fujian, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Fuding · AQI 56 (Moderate)
Fuding's tree count comes to 135,048 trees across 12.14 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Fuding today: AQI 56, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Wenzhou and Wenzhou
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
11.9
PM10
23.2
NO₂
7.5
O₃
83.0
SO₂
4.6
CO
151.0
- 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 Fuding's daily AQI at 63 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 5.
Where Fuding stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Fuding: Healthy tree cover
44.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.14 km² of land.
Trees in this area
135,048
Target trees
135,048
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Fuding lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fuding has lost about 2,500 hectares of forest (about 3,500 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2,500 haabout 3,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 2,010 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 154 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 191 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 540 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 10 ha | 7 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2004 | 33 ha | 15 ha | 48 ha |
| 2005 | 27 ha | 34 ha | 61 ha |
| 2006 | 69 ha | 29 ha | 98 ha |
| 2007 | 33 ha | 4 ha | 38 ha |
| 2008 | 79 ha | 8 ha | 87 ha |
| 2009 | 31 ha | 7 ha | 38 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | 7 ha | 34 ha |
| 2011 | 37 ha | 15 ha | 52 ha |
| 2012 | 42 ha | 4 ha | 46 ha |
| 2013 | 129 ha | 12 ha | 141 ha |
| 2014 | 52 ha | 9 ha | 61 ha |
| 2015 | 33 ha | 6 ha | 39 ha |
| 2016 | 135 ha | 22 ha | 157 ha |
| 2017 | 452 ha | 88 ha | 540 ha |
| 2018 | 117 ha | 33 ha | 150 ha |
| 2019 | 42 ha | 10 ha | 52 ha |
| 2020 | 44 ha | 13 ha | 56 ha |
| 2021 | 30 ha | 10 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 159 ha | 30 ha | 189 ha |
| 2023 | 63 ha | 17 ha | 80 ha |
| 2024 | 83 ha | 30 ha | 113 ha |
| 2025 | 266 ha | 81 ha | 347 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Fuding?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good48% · 1,210 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · 765 ha
- Loggingcan grow back18% · 461 ha
Also: mining and energy, wildfires, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 21,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,000 ha
- Overall change
- −1,000 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fuding shrank from about 21,000 hectares to 20,000 hectares, a net loss of about 1,000 hectares (−4.8%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, but 1,070 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 Fuding right now?
The latest reading for Fuding shows an AQI of 56 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 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 Fuding today?
At AQI 56 (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 Fuding been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Fuding's daily AQI at 63 on average, from 39 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 87 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Fuding lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Fuding has lost about 2,500 hectares of forest (about 3,500 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 154 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 191 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Fuding shrank from about 21,000 hectares to 20,000 hectares, a net loss of about 1,000 hectares (−4.8%). New forest grew on about 66 hectares, but 1,070 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Fuding?
Fuding has an estimated 135,048 trees across the 12.14 km² of land measured — 44.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Fuding need?
Fuding has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Fuding'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 Fuding; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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