City report · Guangxi, China
Hezhou Air quality today
Air quality in Hezhou currently reads AQI 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 112
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 40.0
- tree cover
- 30.2%
- trees in this area
- 92.6K
- more trees needed
- 14.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Hezhou · AQI 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Hezhou's tree count comes to 92,599 trees across 12.27 km² of land, 5 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 14,718 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Hezhou today: AQI 112, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · CPPCC Building, Hezhou (贺州环保小区), 4.3 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
40.0
PM10
48.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Environmental Protection Agency (广西壮族自治区环境保护厅)
- 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 Hezhou's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 4.
Where Hezhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Hezhou: Below target
30.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.27 km² of land.
Trees in this area
92,599
Target trees
107,317
More trees needed
14,718
CO₂ if planted / yr
323.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Hezhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hezhou has lost about 1,990 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 37% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 185 hectares (9.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,990 haabout 2,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 37%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 185 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 116 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 109 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2018, when about 162 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 19 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 22 ha | 65 ha | 86 ha |
| 2005 | 8 ha | 86 ha | 95 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 13 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | 104 ha | 111 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 132 ha | 140 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 44 ha | 50 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | 24 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 61 ha | 67 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 63 ha | 65 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | 34 ha | 41 ha |
| 2015 | 18 ha | 42 ha | 60 ha |
| 2016 | 12 ha | 107 ha | 119 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 111 ha | 114 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 158 ha | 162 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 80 ha | 82 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 67 ha | 70 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 50 ha | 58 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | 139 ha | 150 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 132 ha | 143 ha |
| 2024 | 13 ha | 125 ha | 137 ha |
| 2025 | 19 ha | 71 ha | 90 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Hezhou?
- Loggingcan grow back91% · 1,800 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.5% · 90 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.2% · 64 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 11,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,700 ha
- Overall change
- +235 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hezhou grew from about 11,400 hectares to 11,700 hectares, a net gain of about 235 hectares (+2.1%). New forest grew on about 807 hectares, while 572 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Hezhou
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Hezhou with anywhere
This place
Hezhou
Use this data
Put Hezhou's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Hezhou
What is the air quality (AQI) in Hezhou right now?
The latest reading for Hezhou shows an AQI of 112 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the CPPCC Building, Hezhou (贺州环保小区) ground monitoring station, 4.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Hezhou today?
At AQI 112 (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 Hezhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Hezhou's daily AQI at 57 on average, from 43 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Hezhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Hezhou has lost about 1,990 hectares of forest (about 2,800 football pitches): 37% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 185 hectares (9.3%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 116 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 109 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Hezhou grew from about 11,400 hectares to 11,700 hectares, a net gain of about 235 hectares (+2.1%). New forest grew on about 807 hectares, while 572 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Hezhou?
Hezhou has an estimated 92,599 trees across the 12.27 km² of land measured — 30.2% tree cover, 5 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Hezhou need?
Hezhou needs roughly 14,718 more trees to close a 5-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 323.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Hezhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Babu District, 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 Babu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address