City report · Hubei, China
Guangshui Air quality today
Air quality in Guangshui currently reads AQI 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 133
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 52.3
- tree cover
- 36.0%
- trees in this area
- 113K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Guangshui · AQI 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Guangshui's tree count comes to 113,097 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Guangshui today: AQI 133, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Fuyang and Jingzhou
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
52.3
PM10
50.9
NO₂
74.4
O₃
3.0
SO₂
34.0
CO
879.0
- 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 Guangshui's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 75 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 166 on Nov 6.
Where Guangshui stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Guangshui: Healthy tree cover
36.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
113,097
Target trees
113,097
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Guangshui lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Guangshui has lost about 1,060 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 108 hectares (10%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,060 haabout 1,500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 108 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 50 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 70 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2025, when about 201 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 | 46 ha | 47 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 18 ha | 18 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 15 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 110 ha | 113 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | 12 ha | 13 ha |
| 2010 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 57 ha | 66 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 50 ha | 52 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 26 ha | 33 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 16 ha | 16 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 46 ha | 49 ha |
| 2016 | 22 ha | 176 ha | 198 ha |
| 2017 | 4 ha | 28 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 11 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 99 ha | 105 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2023 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2024 | 2 ha | 20 ha | 22 ha |
| 2025 | 19 ha | 182 ha | 201 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Guangshui?
- Loggingcan grow back86% · 919 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.7% · 61 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back3.2% · 34 ha
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, 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
- 12,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,400 ha
- Overall change
- −400 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Guangshui shrank from about 12,800 hectares to 12,400 hectares, a net loss of about 400 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 208 hectares, but 608 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 Guangshui
What is the air quality (AQI) in Guangshui right now?
The latest reading for Guangshui shows an AQI of 133 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 00:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Guangshui today?
At AQI 133 (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 Guangshui been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Guangshui's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 75 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 166 on Nov 6. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Guangshui lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Guangshui has lost about 1,060 hectares of forest (about 1,500 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 108 hectares (10%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is slowing down: about 50 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 70 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Guangshui shrank from about 12,800 hectares to 12,400 hectares, a net loss of about 400 hectares (−3.1%). New forest grew on about 208 hectares, but 608 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Guangshui?
Guangshui has an estimated 113,097 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 36.0% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Guangshui need?
Guangshui has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Guangshui'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 Guangshui; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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