City report · Tibet, China
Lhasa Air quality today
Air quality in Lhasa currently reads AQI 53 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 53
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.1
- tree cover
- 14.2%
- trees in this area
- 40.7K
- more trees needed
- 45.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lhasa, Tibet, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lhasa · AQI 53 (Moderate)
Lhasa's tree count comes to 40,729 trees across 11.48 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 45,319 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lhasa today: AQI 53, 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 · District Monitoring Station, Lhasa (拉萨区监测站), 1.2 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.1
PM10
16.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Tibet Autonomous Region Environmental Protection Agency (西藏自治区环境保护厅)
- 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 Lhasa's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 10.
Where Lhasa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lhasa: Critically low
14.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
40,729
Target trees
86,048
More trees needed
45,319
CO₂ if planted / yr
997.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lhasa lost?
There was very little forest around Lhasa in 2000, about 35 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.
2018: satellite photo from January 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 Lhasa?
- Loggingcan grow back79% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about Lhasa
What is the air quality (AQI) in Lhasa right now?
The latest reading for Lhasa shows an AQI of 53 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is District Monitoring Station, Lhasa (拉萨区监测站), 1.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lhasa today?
At AQI 53 (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 Lhasa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lhasa's daily AQI at 32 on average, from 11 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 70 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Lhasa lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Lhasa in 2000, about 35 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.
What is the tree count in Lhasa?
Lhasa has an estimated 40,729 trees across the 11.48 km² of land measured — 14.2% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lhasa need?
Lhasa needs roughly 45,319 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 997.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Lhasa's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Lhasa, 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 Lhasa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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