City report · Shandong, China
Jinan Air quality today
Air quality in Jinan currently reads AQI 79 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 79
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.0
- tree cover
- 19.2%
- trees in this area
- 59.3K
- more trees needed
- 33.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shizhong District, Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jinan · AQI 79 (Moderate)
Jinan's tree count comes to 59,293 trees across 12.36 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 33,352 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jinan today: AQI 79, 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 · Quancheng Plaza, Jinan (济南泉城广场), 2.3 km away · median of 8 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.0
PM10
35.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- 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 Jinan's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 79 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 7.
Where Jinan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jinan: Below target
19.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.36 km² of land.
Trees in this area
59,293
Target trees
92,645
More trees needed
33,352
CO₂ if planted / yr
733.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jinan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jinan has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (60%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 32 haabout 45 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 19 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 16 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | 6 ha | 16 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | 3 ha | 7 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jinan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 19 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.4% · 1 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back1.9% · under 1 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
- 3,040 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,190 ha
- Overall change
- +1,160 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jinan grew from about 3,040 hectares to 4,190 hectares, a net gain of about 1,160 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 1,170 hectares, while 12 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 Jinan right now?
The latest reading for Jinan shows an AQI of 79 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 8 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Quancheng Plaza, Jinan (济南泉城广场), 2.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Jinan today?
At AQI 79 (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 Jinan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jinan's daily AQI at 114 on average, from 79 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 7. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jinan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jinan has lost about 32 hectares of forest (about 45 football pitches): 3.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (60%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jinan grew from about 3,040 hectares to 4,190 hectares, a net gain of about 1,160 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 1,170 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jinan?
Jinan has an estimated 59,293 trees across the 12.36 km² of land measured — 19.2% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jinan need?
Jinan needs roughly 33,352 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 733.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Jinan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shizhong 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 Shizhong District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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