City report · Xinjiang, China
Karamay Air quality today
Air quality in Karamay currently reads AQI 92 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 92
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 31.1
- tree cover
- 22.6%
- trees in this area
- 70.9K
- more trees needed
- 23.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Karamay District, Karamay, Xinjiang, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Karamay · AQI 92 (Moderate)
Karamay's tree count comes to 70,929 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,225 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Karamay today: AQI 92, 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 · Karamay (克拉玛依), 600 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
31.1
PM10
115.6
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project
- 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 Karamay's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 34 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 11.
Where Karamay stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Karamay: Below target
22.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
70,929
Target trees
94,154
More trees needed
23,225
CO₂ if planted / yr
510.9 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Karamay lost?
There was almost no forest around Karamay 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.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 84 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 374 ha
- Overall change
- +290 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Karamay grew from about 84 hectares to 374 hectares, a net gain of about 290 hectares. New forest grew on about 290 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Karamay right now?
The latest reading for Karamay shows an AQI of 92 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Karamay (克拉玛依), 600 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Karamay today?
At AQI 92 (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 Karamay been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Karamay's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 34 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 91 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 Karamay lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Karamay 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Karamay grew from about 84 hectares to 374 hectares, a net gain of about 290 hectares. New forest grew on about 290 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Karamay?
Karamay has an estimated 70,929 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 22.6% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Karamay need?
Karamay needs roughly 23,225 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 510.9 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Karamay's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Karamay 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 Karamay District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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