City report · Hubei, China
Lichuan Air quality today
Air quality in Lichuan currently reads AQI 29 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 29
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.2
- tree cover
- 31.1%
- trees in this area
- 97.6K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Lichuan, Enshi City, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Lichuan · AQI 29 (Good)
Lichuan's tree count comes to 97,606 trees across 12.56 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Lichuan today: AQI 29, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China and Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, China
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
5.2
PM10
13.3
NO₂
3.1
O₃
92.0
SO₂
2.6
CO
233.0
- 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 Lichuan's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 42 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 119 on Nov 5.
Where Lichuan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Lichuan: Healthy tree cover
31.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
97,606
Target trees
97,606
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Lichuan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lichuan has lost about 643 hectares of forest (about 900 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 643 haabout 900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 404 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2025, when about 80 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2005 | 16 ha | 17 ha | 33 ha |
| 2006 | 32 ha | 24 ha | 56 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2008 | 23 ha | 41 ha | 64 ha |
| 2009 | 12 ha | 15 ha | 27 ha |
| 2010 | 17 ha | 12 ha | 28 ha |
| 2011 | 9 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2013 | 23 ha | 5 ha | 28 ha |
| 2014 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2015 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2016 | 18 ha | 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 34 ha | 1 ha | 35 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2019 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 20 ha | 8 ha | 28 ha |
| 2021 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 22 ha |
| 2022 | 24 ha | 7 ha | 31 ha |
| 2023 | 32 ha | 6 ha | 38 ha |
| 2024 | 16 ha | 12 ha | 28 ha |
| 2025 | 22 ha | 58 ha | 80 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Lichuan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good45% · 287 ha
- Loggingcan grow back30% · 191 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good10% · 64 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 26,200 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 26,200 ha
- Overall change
- −66 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lichuan stayed about the same size, at about 26,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 286 hectares, and about 351 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 Lichuan right now?
The latest reading for Lichuan shows an AQI of 29 (Good), observed Nov 11, 17:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Lichuan today?
At AQI 29 (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 Lichuan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Lichuan's daily AQI at 56 on average, from 42 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 119 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 Lichuan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Lichuan has lost about 643 hectares of forest (about 900 football pitches): 3.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Lichuan stayed about the same size, at about 26,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 286 hectares, and about 351 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Lichuan?
Lichuan has an estimated 97,606 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 31.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Lichuan need?
Lichuan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Lichuan'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 Lichuan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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