City report · Guangxi, China
Liuzhou Air quality today
Air quality in Liuzhou currently reads AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 115
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 41.0
- tree cover
- 25.9%
- trees in this area
- 58.4K
- more trees needed
- 20.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Liubei District, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 12, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Liuzhou · AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Liuzhou's tree count comes to 58,422 trees across 9.03 km² of land, 9 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 20,527 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Liuzhou today: AQI 115, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Liuzhou (柳州), 900 m away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
41.0
PM10
58.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Environmental Protection Agency (广西壮族自治区环境保护厅)
- 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 Liuzhou's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 44 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 11.
Where Liuzhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Liuzhou: Below target
25.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.03 km² of land.
Trees in this area
58,422
Target trees
78,949
More trees needed
20,527
CO₂ if planted / yr
451.6 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Liuzhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Liuzhou has lost about 1,190 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 319 hectares (27%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,190 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 31%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 319 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 36 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2010, when about 117 hectares of forest were lost.
Liuzhou's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12 ha | 12 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 13 ha | 33 ha | 46 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | 10 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 28 ha | 31 ha | 59 ha |
| 2007 | 11 ha | 81 ha | 93 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 20 ha | 28 ha |
| 2009 | 4 ha | 18 ha | 22 ha |
| 2010 | 61 ha | 56 ha | 117 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | 85 ha | 110 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 74 ha | 79 ha |
| 2013 | 4 ha | 33 ha | 37 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 31 ha | 36 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 19 ha | 22 ha |
| 2016 | 4 ha | 50 ha | 54 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | 44 ha | 50 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | 35 ha | 37 ha |
| 2019 | 4 ha | 20 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | 14 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 17 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 6 ha | 38 ha | 44 ha |
| 2023 | 16 ha | 17 ha | 33 ha |
| 2024 | 29 ha | 60 ha | 90 ha |
| 2025 | 44 ha | 58 ha | 102 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Liuzhou?
- Loggingcan grow back73% · 865 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · 251 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.7% · 68 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
- 7,310 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,000 ha
- Overall change
- −318 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Liuzhou shrank from about 7,310 hectares to 7,000 hectares, a net loss of about 318 hectares (−4.3%). New forest grew on about 401 hectares, but 718 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
Questions about Liuzhou
What is the air quality (AQI) in Liuzhou right now?
The latest reading for Liuzhou shows an AQI of 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Liuzhou (柳州), 900 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Liuzhou today?
At AQI 115 (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 Liuzhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Liuzhou's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 44 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 82 on Nov 11. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Liuzhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Liuzhou has lost about 1,190 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 319 hectares (27%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 57 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 36 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Liuzhou shrank from about 7,310 hectares to 7,000 hectares, a net loss of about 318 hectares (−4.3%). New forest grew on about 401 hectares, but 718 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Liuzhou?
Liuzhou has an estimated 58,422 trees across the 9.03 km² of land measured — 25.9% tree cover, 9 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Liuzhou need?
Liuzhou needs roughly 20,527 more trees to close a 9-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 451.6 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Liuzhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Liubei 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 Liubei District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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