City report · Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Gimpo-si Air quality today
Air quality in Gimpo-si currently reads AQI 97 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 97
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 34.0
- tree cover
- 21.7%
- trees in this area
- 68.1K
- more trees needed
- 26.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bukbyeon-dong, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Gimpo-si · AQI 97 (Moderate)
Gimpo-si's tree count comes to 68,104 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 26,049 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Gimpo-si today: AQI 97, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 사우동, 500 m away · median of 10 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
34.0
PM10
51.5
NO₂
72.9
O₃
6.1
SO₂
7.9
CO
796.2
Data: OpenAQ · Korea Air Ministry of Environment, Korea Environment Corporation · AirKorea
- 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 Gimpo-si's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 52 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 11.
Where Gimpo-si stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Gimpo-si: Below target
21.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
68,104
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
26,049
CO₂ if planted / yr
573.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Gimpo-si lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gimpo-si has lost about 98 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 98 haabout 140 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 96 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2019, when about 16 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2019 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2020 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Gimpo-si?
- Towns and roadscleared for good98% · 96 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.4% · 1 ha
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
- 2,920 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,900 ha
- Overall change
- −25 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gimpo-si stayed about the same size, at about 2,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 133 hectares, and about 158 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 Gimpo-si right now?
The latest reading for Gimpo-si shows an AQI of 97 (Moderate), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by 10 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is 사우동, 500 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Gimpo-si today?
At AQI 97 (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 Gimpo-si been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Gimpo-si's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 52 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Gimpo-si lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Gimpo-si has lost about 98 hectares of forest (about 140 football pitches): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Gimpo-si stayed about the same size, at about 2,900 hectares: new forest grew on about 133 hectares, and about 158 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Gimpo-si?
Gimpo-si has an estimated 68,104 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 21.7% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Gimpo-si need?
Gimpo-si needs roughly 26,049 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 573.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Gimpo-si's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Bukbyeon-dong, 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 Bukbyeon-dong; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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