City report · Sichuan, China
Kangding Air quality today
Air quality in Kangding currently reads AQI 30 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 30
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.3
- tree cover
- 75.8%
- trees in this area
- 238K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kangding, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kangding · AQI 30 (Good)
Kangding's tree count comes to 238,133 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kangding today: AQI 30, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Yaan and Meishan
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.3
PM10
9.9
NO₂
11.8
O₃
58.0
SO₂
0.7
CO
213.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kangding's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 3 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 52 on Nov 11.
Where Kangding stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kangding: Healthy tree cover
75.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
238,133
Target trees
238,133
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kangding lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kangding has lost about 128 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 128 haabout 180 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 100 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 28 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2009 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | 6 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2021 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2023 | 25 ha | 3 ha | 28 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kangding?
- Towns and roadscleared for good70% · 89 ha
- Loggingcan grow back8.3% · 11 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back6.7% · 9 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 14,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 14,500 ha
- Overall change
- +273 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kangding stayed about the same size, at about 14,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 428 hectares, and about 155 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 Kangding right now?
The latest reading for Kangding shows an AQI of 30 (Good), observed Nov 11, 03:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kangding today?
At AQI 30 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kangding been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kangding's daily AQI at 14 on average, from 3 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 52 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 Kangding lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kangding has lost about 128 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 1.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kangding stayed about the same size, at about 14,500 hectares: new forest grew on about 428 hectares, and about 155 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kangding?
Kangding has an estimated 238,133 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 75.8% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kangding need?
Kangding has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kangding'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 Kangding; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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