City report · Henan, China
Pingdingshan Air quality today
Air quality in Pingdingshan currently reads AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 149
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 55.0
- tree cover
- 19.3%
- trees in this area
- 60.3K
- more trees needed
- 49.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Weidong District, Pingdingshan, Henan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 3, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pingdingshan · AQI 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Pingdingshan's tree count comes to 60,269 trees across 12.49 km² of land, 16 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 49,027 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pingdingshan today: AQI 149, 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 · Xinhua Hotel, Pingdingshan (平顶山新华旅馆), 1.3 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
55.0
PM10
93.4
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Henan Environmental Protection Agency (河南环保 > 网站首页)
- 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 Pingdingshan's daily AQI at 120 on average, from 100 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 7.
Where Pingdingshan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pingdingshan: Critically low
19.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
60,269
Target trees
109,296
More trees needed
49,027
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,079 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pingdingshan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingdingshan has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8 haabout 11 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2020, when about 2 hectares 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pingdingshan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good38% · 3 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good16% · 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back3.8% · under 1 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
- 2,350 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,570 ha
- Overall change
- +225 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingdingshan grew from about 2,350 hectares to 2,570 hectares, a net gain of about 225 hectares (+9.6%). New forest grew on about 298 hectares, while 72 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 Pingdingshan
What is the air quality (AQI) in Pingdingshan right now?
The latest reading for Pingdingshan shows an AQI of 149 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the Xinhua Hotel, Pingdingshan (平顶山新华旅馆) ground monitoring station, 1.3 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pingdingshan today?
At AQI 149 (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 Pingdingshan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pingdingshan's daily AQI at 120 on average, from 100 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 163 on Nov 7. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pingdingshan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingdingshan has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (55%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingdingshan grew from about 2,350 hectares to 2,570 hectares, a net gain of about 225 hectares (+9.6%). New forest grew on about 298 hectares, while 72 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pingdingshan?
Pingdingshan has an estimated 60,269 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 19.3% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pingdingshan need?
Pingdingshan needs roughly 49,027 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,079 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pingdingshan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Weidong 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 Weidong District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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