City report · Hubei, China
Huangshi Air quality today
Air quality in Huangshi currently reads AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 117
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 42.0
- tree cover
- 26.2%
- trees in this area
- 77.2K
- more trees needed
- 25.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Huangshigang District, Huangshi, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Huangshi · AQI 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Huangshi's tree count comes to 77,207 trees across 11.79 km² of land, 9 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,932 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Huangshi today: AQI 117, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Chenjiaying, Huangshi, Hubei (黄石沈家营), 1.9 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
42.0
PM10
61.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hubei Environmental Protection Agency (湖北省环境保护厅)
- 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 Huangshi's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 65 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 184 on Nov 11.
Where Huangshi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Huangshi: Below target
26.2% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.79 km² of land.
Trees in this area
77,207
Target trees
103,139
More trees needed
25,932
CO₂ if planted / yr
570.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Huangshi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Huangshi has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 53 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (32%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 38 haabout 53 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 12 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2021, when about 12 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 | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 9 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Huangshi?
- Loggingcan grow back61% · 23 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 8 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good12% · 5 ha
Also: 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
- 5,660 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,920 ha
- Overall change
- +261 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huangshi grew from about 5,660 hectares to 5,920 hectares, a net gain of about 261 hectares (+4.6%). New forest grew on about 352 hectares, while 91 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 Huangshi
What is the air quality (AQI) in Huangshi right now?
The latest reading for Huangshi shows an AQI of 117 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Chenjiaying, Huangshi, Hubei (黄石沈家营), 1.9 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Huangshi today?
At AQI 117 (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 Huangshi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Huangshi's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 65 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 184 on Nov 11. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Huangshi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Huangshi has lost about 38 hectares of forest (about 53 football pitches): 2.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 12 hectares (32%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huangshi grew from about 5,660 hectares to 5,920 hectares, a net gain of about 261 hectares (+4.6%). New forest grew on about 352 hectares, while 91 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Huangshi?
Huangshi has an estimated 77,207 trees across the 11.79 km² of land measured — 26.2% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Huangshi need?
Huangshi needs roughly 25,932 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 570.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Huangshi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Huangshigang 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 Huangshigang District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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