City report · Xinjiang, China
Huocheng Air quality today
Air quality in Huocheng currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 68
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.9
- tree cover
- 12.9%
- trees in this area
- 40.5K
- more trees needed
- 53.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Huocheng County, Ili, Xinjiang, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Huocheng · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Huocheng's tree count comes to 40,527 trees across 12.57 km², 17 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 53,721 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Huocheng today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.9
PM10
28.8
NO₂
16.6
O₃
30.0
SO₂
16.7
CO
341.0
- 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 Huocheng's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 69 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 124 on Nov 7.
Where Huocheng stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Huocheng: Critically low
12.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
40,527
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
53,721
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,182 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Huocheng lost?
There was very little forest around Huocheng in 2000, about 20 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Huocheng?
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.1% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown64% · under 1 ha
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
- 149 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 202 ha
- Overall change
- +53 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huocheng grew from about 149 hectares to 202 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+36%). New forest grew on about 57 hectares, while 4 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 Huocheng right now?
The latest reading for Huocheng shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 06:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Huocheng today?
At AQI 68 (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 Huocheng been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Huocheng's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 69 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 124 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Huocheng lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Huocheng in 2000, about 20 hectares, and about 1 hectare of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Huocheng grew from about 149 hectares to 202 hectares, a net gain of about 53 hectares (+36%). New forest grew on about 57 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Huocheng?
Huocheng has an estimated 40,527 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.9% tree cover, 17 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Huocheng need?
Huocheng needs roughly 53,721 more trees to close a 17-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,182 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Huocheng'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 Huocheng County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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