City report · Shandong, China
Liaocheng Air quality today
Air quality in Liaocheng currently reads AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 107
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.9
- tree cover
- 17.1%
- trees in this area
- 52.4K
- more trees needed
- 54.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Liaocheng · AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Liaocheng's tree count comes to 52,432 trees across 12.27 km² of land, 18 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 54,885 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Liaocheng today: AQI 107, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Liaocheng (聊城), 1.7 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.9
PM10
57.0
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
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Liaocheng's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 72 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5.
Where Liaocheng stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Liaocheng: Critically low
17.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.27 km² of land.
Trees in this area
52,432
Target trees
107,317
More trees needed
54,885
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,207 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Liaocheng lost?
There was very little forest around Liaocheng in 2000, about 54 hectares, and about 8 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 June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 1 hectare 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 | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 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 Liaocheng?
- Towns and roadscleared for good55% · 4 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good1.3% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown41% · 3 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
- 685 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,370 ha
- Overall change
- +683 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Liaocheng grew from about 685 hectares to 1,370 hectares, a net gain of about 683 hectares (+over 99%). New forest grew on about 687 hectares, while 4 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 Liaocheng right now?
The latest reading for Liaocheng shows an AQI of 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Liaocheng (聊城), 1.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Liaocheng today?
At AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Liaocheng been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Liaocheng's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 72 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Liaocheng lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Liaocheng in 2000, about 54 hectares, and about 8 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 Liaocheng grew from about 685 hectares to 1,370 hectares, a net gain of about 683 hectares (+over 99%). New forest grew on about 687 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Liaocheng?
Liaocheng has an estimated 52,432 trees across the 12.27 km² of land measured — 17.1% tree cover, 18 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Liaocheng need?
Liaocheng needs roughly 54,885 more trees to close a 18-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,207 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Liaocheng's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Dongchangfu District, 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 Dongchangfu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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