City report · Guangxi, China
Laibin Air quality today
Air quality in Laibin currently reads AQI 46 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 46
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.9
- tree cover
- 24.1%
- trees in this area
- 73.6K
- more trees needed
- 18.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xingbin District, Laibin, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Laibin · AQI 46 (Good)
Laibin's tree count comes to 73,592 trees across 12.22 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,016 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Laibin today: AQI 46, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 13 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Liuzhou and Guigang
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.9
PM10
8.0
NO₂
11.5
O₃
54.0
SO₂
2.8
CO
292.0
- 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 Laibin's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Laibin: Below target
24.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.22 km² of land.
Trees in this area
73,592
Target trees
91,608
More trees needed
18,016
CO₂ if planted / yr
396.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Laibin lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Laibin has lost about 1,730 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 64% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 155 hectares (9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,730 haabout 2,400 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 64%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 155 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 234 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 ha | 39 ha | 55 ha |
| 2002 | 9 ha | 53 ha | 62 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | 23 ha | 28 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 124 ha | 133 ha |
| 2005 | 13 ha | 100 ha | 113 ha |
| 2006 | 9 ha | 225 ha | 234 ha |
| 2007 | 18 ha | 138 ha | 156 ha |
| 2008 | 9 ha | 29 ha | 38 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | 136 ha | 149 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | 195 ha | 215 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | 100 ha | 117 ha |
| 2012 | 7 ha | 16 ha | 23 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 14 ha | 16 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | 19 ha | 19 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | 12 ha | 12 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | 50 ha | 51 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 29 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 34 ha | 37 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | 16 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 24 ha | 25 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | 71 ha | 71 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | 47 ha | 47 ha |
| 2023 | 1 ha | 23 ha | 24 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 25 ha | 26 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 28 ha | 29 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Laibin?
- Loggingcan grow back91% · 1,570 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.6% · 148 ha
Also: 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
- 6,460 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,470 ha
- Overall change
- +16 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Laibin stayed about the same size, at about 6,470 hectares: new forest grew on about 718 hectares, and about 702 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 Laibin right now?
The latest reading for Laibin shows an AQI of 46 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 13 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Laibin today?
At AQI 46 (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 Laibin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Laibin's daily AQI at 52 on average, from 41 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 71 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Laibin lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Laibin has lost about 1,730 hectares of forest (about 2,400 football pitches): 64% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 155 hectares (9%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Laibin stayed about the same size, at about 6,470 hectares: new forest grew on about 718 hectares, and about 702 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Laibin?
Laibin has an estimated 73,592 trees across the 12.22 km² of land measured — 24.1% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Laibin need?
Laibin needs roughly 18,016 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 396.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Laibin'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 Xingbin District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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