City report · Guangxi, China
Nanning Air quality today
Air quality in Nanning currently reads AQI 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 114
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 40.8
- tree cover
- 22.1%
- trees in this area
- 63.1K
- more trees needed
- 36.8K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xingning District, Nanning, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nanning · AQI 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Nanning's tree count comes to 63,111 trees across 11.43 km² of land, 13 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,839 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nanning today: AQI 114, 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 · City Monitoring Station, Nanning (南宁市监测站), 800 m away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
40.8
PM10
59.0
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 Nanning's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nanning: Below target
22.1% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
63,111
Target trees
99,950
More trees needed
36,839
CO₂ if planted / yr
810.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nanning lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nanning has lost about 530 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 41% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 530 haabout 740 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 41%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 425 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2005, when about 80 hectares of forest were lost.
Nanning's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 ha | 8 ha | 35 ha |
| 2002 | 28 ha | 4 ha | 32 ha |
| 2003 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2004 | 55 ha | 3 ha | 58 ha |
| 2005 | 51 ha | 28 ha | 80 ha |
| 2006 | 32 ha | 2 ha | 34 ha |
| 2007 | 45 ha | 6 ha | 51 ha |
| 2008 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2009 | 9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 37 ha | 4 ha | 41 ha |
| 2011 | 44 ha | 3 ha | 47 ha |
| 2012 | 23 ha | 16 ha | 39 ha |
| 2013 | 12 ha | 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2014 | 7 ha | 6 ha | 13 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 10 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2022 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | 3 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nanning?
- Towns and roadscleared for good80% · 424 ha
- Loggingcan grow back19% · 100 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 3,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,660 ha
- Overall change
- −744 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nanning shrank from about 3,400 hectares to 2,660 hectares, a net loss of about 744 hectares (−22%). New forest grew on about 330 hectares, but 1,070 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 Nanning right now?
The latest reading for Nanning shows an AQI of 114 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is City Monitoring Station, Nanning (南宁市监测站), 800 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Nanning today?
At AQI 114 (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 Nanning been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nanning's daily AQI at 51 on average, from 33 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 75 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Nanning lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nanning has lost about 530 hectares of forest (about 740 football pitches): 41% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (80%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nanning shrank from about 3,400 hectares to 2,660 hectares, a net loss of about 744 hectares (−22%). New forest grew on about 330 hectares, but 1,070 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nanning?
Nanning has an estimated 63,111 trees across the 11.43 km² of land measured — 22.1% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nanning need?
Nanning needs roughly 36,839 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 810.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Nanning's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xingning 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 Xingning District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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