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Jiayuguan Air quality today

Air quality in Jiayuguan currently reads AQI 75 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

Air quality right now

AQI 75

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
22.1
tree cover
11.2%
trees in this area
35.2K
more trees needed
59.0K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Jiayuguan, Jiayuguan City, Gansu, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 24, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Jiayuguan · AQI 75 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 24, 2026

Jiayuguan's tree count comes to 35,151 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 19 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 59,003 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Jiayuguan today: AQI 75, Moderate

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 · Bureau of Meteorology, Jiayuguan (嘉峪关气象局), 4.5 km away

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

22.1

PM10

43.2

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Gangsu Environmental Protection Agency (甘肃省生态环境厅), China National Urban air quality real-time publishing platform (全国城市空气质量实时发布平台)

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 Jiayuguan's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 57 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 104 on Nov 4.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 68 · peak 104
Nov 4: AQI 82 (peak 104)Nov 5: AQI 78 (peak 95)Nov 6: AQI 65 (peak 84)Nov 7: AQI 57 (peak 62)Nov 8: AQI 75 (peak 86)Nov 9: AQI 60 (peak 68)Nov 10: AQI 57 (peak 75)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Jiayuguan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Jiayuguan: Critically low

11.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.

19 points below target

Trees in this area

35,151

Target trees

94,154

More trees needed

59,003

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,298 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Jiayuguan lost?

There was almost no forest around Jiayuguan in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Jiayuguan, September 2017

2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

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    Air quality
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  • Wuwei

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    430.6 km
    Tree cover
    12%
    Air quality
    165
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    Tree cover
    14%
    Air quality
    85

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What is the air quality (AQI) in Jiayuguan right now?

The latest reading for Jiayuguan shows an AQI of 75 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the Bureau of Meteorology, Jiayuguan (嘉峪关气象局) ground monitoring station, 4.5 km 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 Jiayuguan today?

At AQI 75 (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 Jiayuguan been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jiayuguan's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 57 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 104 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 Jiayuguan lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Jiayuguan in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Jiayuguan?

Jiayuguan has an estimated 35,151 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 11.2% tree cover, 19 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Jiayuguan need?

Jiayuguan needs roughly 59,003 more trees to close a 19-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,298 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Jiayuguan's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jiayuguan, 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 Jiayuguan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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