City report · Jilin, China
Jilin Air quality today
Air quality in Jilin currently reads AQI 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 119
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 42.8
- tree cover
- 11.1%
- trees in this area
- 31.4K
- more trees needed
- 67.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Chuanying District, Jilin City, Jilin, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jilin · AQI 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Jilin's tree count comes to 31,350 trees across 11.3 km² of land, 24 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 67,501 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jilin today: AQI 119, 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 · Jilin (吉林), 1.3 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
42.8
PM10
59.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Agency of Jilin Province (吉林省环境保护厅), 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
- 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 Jilin's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 53 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 186 on Nov 11.
Where Jilin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jilin: Critically low
11.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.3 km² of land.
Trees in this area
31,350
Target trees
98,851
More trees needed
67,501
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,485 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jilin lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jilin has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 25 hectares (24%) 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
- 104 haabout 150 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 25 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 24 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 | 2 ha | 21 ha | 22 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 21 ha | 24 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 7 ha | 7 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jilin?
- Loggingcan grow back74% · 77 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good19% · 20 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.8% · 4 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
- 4,190 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,380 ha
- Overall change
- +195 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jilin grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,380 hectares, a net gain of about 195 hectares (+4.7%). New forest grew on about 315 hectares, while 120 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 Jilin right now?
The latest reading for Jilin shows an AQI of 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Jilin (吉林), 1.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jilin today?
At AQI 119 (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 Jilin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jilin's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 53 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 186 on Nov 11. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jilin lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jilin has lost about 104 hectares of forest (about 150 football pitches): 7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 25 hectares (24%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jilin grew from about 4,190 hectares to 4,380 hectares, a net gain of about 195 hectares (+4.7%). New forest grew on about 315 hectares, while 120 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jilin?
Jilin has an estimated 31,350 trees across the 11.3 km² of land measured — 11.1% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jilin need?
Jilin needs roughly 67,501 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,485 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jilin's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chuanying 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 Chuanying District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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