City report · Hunan, China
Jishou Air quality today
Air quality in Jishou currently reads AQI 65 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 65
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.4
- tree cover
- 52.5%
- trees in this area
- 165K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jishou, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Jishou · AQI 65 (Moderate)
Jishou's tree count comes to 164,769 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Jishou today: AQI 65, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 205 km, e.g. Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, China and Huaihua
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.4
PM10
22.7
NO₂
3.4
O₃
72.0
SO₂
5.8
CO
298.0
- 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 Jishou's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 47 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 126 on Nov 11.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Jishou: Healthy tree cover
52.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
164,769
Target trees
164,769
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Jishou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jishou has lost about 257 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from August 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 4 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 257 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 208 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 79 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 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 7 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2017 | 78 ha | 2 ha | 79 ha |
| 2018 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2019 | 14 ha | 6 ha | 20 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | 11 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 11 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 1 ha | 5 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Jishou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good67% · 172 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 34 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good12% · 31 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
- 25,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 25,100 ha
- Overall change
- −122 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jishou stayed about the same size, at about 25,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 249 hectares, and about 371 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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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Jishou right now?
The latest reading for Jishou shows an AQI of 65 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 205 km, 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 Jishou today?
At AQI 65 (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 Jishou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Jishou's daily AQI at 68 on average, from 47 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 126 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Jishou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Jishou has lost about 257 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 1.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Jishou stayed about the same size, at about 25,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 249 hectares, and about 371 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Jishou?
Jishou has an estimated 164,769 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 52.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Jishou need?
Jishou has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Jishou'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 Jishou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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