City report · Sichuan, China
Luzhou Air quality today
Air quality in Luzhou currently reads AQI 178 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 178
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 94.2
- tree cover
- 45.3%
- trees in this area
- 127K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Longmatan District, Luzhou, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 7, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Luzhou · AQI 178 (Unhealthy)
Luzhou's tree count comes to 127,229 trees across 11.24 km² of land, already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Luzhou today: AQI 178, Unhealthy
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 · Xiaoshishang Port, Luzhou (泸州小市上码头), 2.2 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
94.2
PM10
128.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Sichuan Province Environmental Protection Agency (四川省环保重点城市环境空气质量实时监测结果)
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Luzhou's daily AQI at 99 on average, from 68 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 6.
Where Luzhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Luzhou: Healthy tree cover
45.3% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.24 km² of land.
Trees in this area
127,229
Target trees
127,229
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Luzhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Luzhou has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 65 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 47 haabout 65 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 42 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 10 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2019 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2021 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Luzhou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good76% · 36 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good15% · 7 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown9.2% · 4 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
- 12,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,000 ha
- Overall change
- −268 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Luzhou shrank from about 12,300 hectares to 12,000 hectares, a net loss of about 268 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 193 hectares, but 461 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Luzhou
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
Build your own
Compare Luzhou with anywhere
This place
Luzhou
Use this data
Put Luzhou's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Luzhou
What is the air quality (AQI) in Luzhou right now?
The latest reading for Luzhou shows an AQI of 178 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Xiaoshishang Port, Luzhou (泸州小市上码头), 2.2 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Luzhou today?
At AQI 178 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Luzhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Luzhou's daily AQI at 99 on average, from 68 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 156 on Nov 6. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Luzhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Luzhou has lost about 47 hectares of forest (about 65 football pitches): 1.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (91%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Luzhou shrank from about 12,300 hectares to 12,000 hectares, a net loss of about 268 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 193 hectares, but 461 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Luzhou?
Luzhou has an estimated 127,229 trees across the 11.24 km² of land measured — 45.3% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Luzhou need?
Luzhou has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Luzhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Longmatan 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 Longmatan District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address