City report · Hubei, China
Laohekou Air quality today
Air quality in Laohekou currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 66
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 20.0
- tree cover
- 11.9%
- trees in this area
- 25.9K
- more trees needed
- 39.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Laohekou, Xiangyang, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Laohekou · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Laohekou's tree count comes to 25,870 trees across 8.7 km² of land, 18 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 39,349 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Laohekou today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Yichang and Pingdingshan
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
20.0
PM10
23.4
NO₂
17.5
O₃
67.0
SO₂
10.2
CO
415.0
- 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 Laohekou's daily AQI at 83 on average, from 48 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 8.
Where Laohekou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Laohekou: Critically low
11.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 8.7 km² of land.
Trees in this area
25,870
Target trees
65,219
More trees needed
39,349
CO₂ if planted / yr
865.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Laohekou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Laohekou has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 44 football pitches): 7.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (14%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 31 haabout 44 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 6 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 | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 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 | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Laohekou?
- Loggingcan grow back74% · 23 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good9.3% · 3 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.5% · 1 ha
Also: 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
- 2,810 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,520 ha
- Overall change
- +711 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Laohekou grew from about 2,810 hectares to 3,520 hectares, a net gain of about 711 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 730 hectares, while 19 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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Frequently asked
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Laohekou right now?
The latest reading for Laohekou shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Laohekou today?
At AQI 66 (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 Laohekou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Laohekou's daily AQI at 83 on average, from 48 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 8. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Laohekou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Laohekou has lost about 31 hectares of forest (about 44 football pitches): 7.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 5 hectares (14%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Laohekou grew from about 2,810 hectares to 3,520 hectares, a net gain of about 711 hectares (+25%). New forest grew on about 730 hectares, while 19 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Laohekou?
Laohekou has an estimated 25,870 trees across the 8.7 km² of land measured — 11.9% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Laohekou need?
Laohekou needs roughly 39,349 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 865.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Laohekou'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 Laohekou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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