City report · Anhui, China
Huangshan Air quality today
Air quality in Huangshan currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 66
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.9
- tree cover
- 28.6%
- trees in this area
- 84.7K
- more trees needed
- 4.1K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Tunxi District, Huangshan City, Anhui, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Huangshan · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Huangshan's tree count comes to 84,728 trees across 11.85 km² of land, 1 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 4,148 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Huangshan today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Yan'an Road No. 89, Huangshan (黄山延安路89号), 700 m away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.9
PM10
24.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Anhui Environmental Protection Agency (安徽省生态环境厅)
- 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 Huangshan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 53 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 11.
Where Huangshan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Huangshan: Below target
28.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.85 km² of land.
Trees in this area
84,728
Target trees
88,876
More trees needed
4,148
CO₂ if planted / yr
91.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Huangshan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Huangshan has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 303 haabout 420 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 166 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 34 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 24 ha | 29 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | 12 ha | 16 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | 13 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | 26 ha | 7 ha | 33 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | 15 ha | 34 ha |
| 2022 | 7 ha | 25 ha | 32 ha |
| 2023 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 16 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Huangshan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good44% · 132 ha
- Loggingcan grow back39% · 119 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good9.9% · 30 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 19,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,600 ha
- Overall change
- +721 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huangshan grew from about 19,800 hectares to 20,600 hectares, a net gain of about 721 hectares (+3.6%). New forest grew on about 883 hectares, while 162 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 Huangshan right now?
The latest reading for Huangshan shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by the Yan'an Road No. 89, Huangshan (黄山延安路89号) ground monitoring station, 700 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Huangshan today?
At AQI 66 (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 Huangshan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Huangshan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 53 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 115 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Huangshan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Huangshan has lost about 303 hectares of forest (about 420 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huangshan grew from about 19,800 hectares to 20,600 hectares, a net gain of about 721 hectares (+3.6%). New forest grew on about 883 hectares, while 162 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Huangshan?
Huangshan has an estimated 84,728 trees across the 11.85 km² of land measured — 28.6% tree cover, 1 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Huangshan need?
Huangshan needs roughly 4,148 more trees to close a 1-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 91.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Huangshan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Tunxi 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 Tunxi District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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