City report · Xinjiang, China
Kashgar Air quality today
Air quality in Kashgar currently reads AQI 180 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 180
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 97.2
- tree cover
- 10.4%
- trees in this area
- 31.5K
- more trees needed
- 89.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kashgar, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kashgar · AQI 180 (Unhealthy)
Kashgar's tree count comes to 31,496 trees across 12.12 km² of land, 30 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 89,643 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kashgar today: AQI 180, Unhealthy
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 · Kashi (喀什地区), 400 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
97.2
PM10
245.5
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kashgar's daily AQI at 110 on average, from 78 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5.
Where Kashgar stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kashgar: Critically low
10.4% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.12 km² of land.
Trees in this area
31,496
Target trees
121,139
More trees needed
89,643
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,972 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kashgar lost?
There was very little forest around Kashgar in 2000, about 8 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 2 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 | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kashgar?
- Towns and roadscleared for good25% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good15% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown55% · 1 ha
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
- 389 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 601 ha
- Overall change
- +212 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kashgar grew from about 389 hectares to 601 hectares, a net gain of about 212 hectares (+54%). New forest grew on about 218 hectares, while 6 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 Kashgar right now?
The latest reading for Kashgar shows an AQI of 180 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Kashi (喀什地区), 400 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kashgar today?
At AQI 180 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Kashgar been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kashgar's daily AQI at 110 on average, from 78 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Kashgar lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Kashgar in 2000, about 8 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost 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 Kashgar grew from about 389 hectares to 601 hectares, a net gain of about 212 hectares (+54%). New forest grew on about 218 hectares, while 6 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kashgar?
Kashgar has an estimated 31,496 trees across the 12.12 km² of land measured — 10.4% tree cover, 30 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kashgar need?
Kashgar needs roughly 89,643 more trees to close a 30-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,972 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kashgar's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Kashgar, 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 Kashgar; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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