City report · Hebei, China
Hecun Air quality today
Air quality in Hecun currently reads AQI 120 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 120
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.4
- tree cover
- 11.2%
- trees in this area
- 35.2K
- more trees needed
- 74.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Fengfeng Mining District, Handan, Hebei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hecun · AQI 120 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Hecun's tree count comes to 35,151 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 24 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 74,695 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hecun today: AQI 120, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Handan and Anyang
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
33.4
PM10
34.8
NO₂
29.5
O₃
52.0
SO₂
32.5
CO
640.0
- 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 Hecun's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 77 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 172 on Nov 7.
Where Hecun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hecun: Critically low
11.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
35,151
Target trees
109,846
More trees needed
74,695
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,643 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hecun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hecun has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 21 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (27%), after which forest can grow back. About 3 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15 haabout 21 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 6 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Hecun?
- Loggingcan grow back27% · 4 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good19% · 3 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back9.5% · 1 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, towns and roads, 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
- 2,880 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,610 ha
- Overall change
- +725 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hecun grew from about 2,880 hectares to 3,610 hectares, a net gain of about 725 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 734 hectares, while 9 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 Hecun right now?
The latest reading for Hecun shows an AQI of 120 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 11:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 165 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 Hecun today?
At AQI 120 (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 Hecun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hecun's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 77 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 172 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Hecun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hecun has lost about 15 hectares of forest (about 21 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (27%), after which forest can grow back. About 3 hectares (22%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hecun grew from about 2,880 hectares to 3,610 hectares, a net gain of about 725 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 734 hectares, while 9 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Hecun?
Hecun has an estimated 35,151 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 11.2% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hecun need?
Hecun needs roughly 74,695 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,643 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hecun'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 Fengfeng Mining District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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