City report · Shandong, China
Laixi Air quality today
Air quality in Laixi currently reads AQI 94 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 94
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 32.0
- tree cover
- 9.9%
- trees in this area
- 30.2K
- more trees needed
- 61.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Laixi, Qingdao, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Laixi · AQI 94 (Moderate)
Laixi's tree count comes to 30,231 trees across 12.22 km² of land, 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,378 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Laixi today: AQI 94, Moderate
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 · lái xī 1 hào, Laixi City (莱西市莱西1号), 1 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
32.0
PM10
40.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- 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 Laixi's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 52 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 10.
Where Laixi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Laixi: Critically low
9.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.22 km² of land.
Trees in this area
30,231
Target trees
91,609
More trees needed
61,378
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,350 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Laixi lost?
There was almost no forest around Laixi 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 97 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 268 ha
- Overall change
- +171 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Laixi grew from about 97 hectares to 268 hectares, a net gain of about 171 hectares. New forest grew on about 171 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 Laixi right now?
The latest reading for Laixi shows an AQI of 94 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is lái xī 1 hào, Laixi City (莱西市莱西1号), 1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Laixi today?
At AQI 94 (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 Laixi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Laixi's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 52 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Laixi lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Laixi 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 Laixi grew from about 97 hectares to 268 hectares, a net gain of about 171 hectares. New forest grew on about 171 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Laixi?
Laixi has an estimated 30,231 trees across the 12.22 km² of land measured — 9.9% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Laixi need?
Laixi needs roughly 61,378 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,350 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Laixi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Laixi, 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 Laixi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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