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Pingxiang, Guangxi Air quality today
Air quality in Pingxiang, Guangxi currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 26
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.5
- tree cover
- 62.5%
- trees in this area
- 196K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pingxiang, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 21, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pingxiang, Guangxi · AQI 26 (Good)
Pingxiang, Guangxi's tree count comes to 196,350 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pingxiang, Guangxi today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Chongzuo and Hong Gai
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.5
PM10
6.9
NO₂
1.3
O₃
117.0
SO₂
3.6
CO
201.0
- 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 Pingxiang, Guangxi's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 26 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pingxiang, Guangxi: Healthy tree cover
62.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
196,350
Target trees
196,350
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pingxiang, Guangxi lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingxiang, Guangxi has lost about 5,400 hectares of forest (about 7,600 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 454 hectares (8.4%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from October 2018 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 5,400 haabout 7,600 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 454 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 423 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 269 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 591 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 ha | 128 ha | 138 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 56 ha | 58 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | 174 ha | 181 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 160 ha | 165 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | 79 ha | 86 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | 140 ha | 144 ha |
| 2007 | 10 ha | 211 ha | 221 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | 62 ha | 65 ha |
| 2009 | 36 ha | 191 ha | 227 ha |
| 2010 | 15 ha | 44 ha | 59 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 81 ha | 93 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 36 ha | 44 ha |
| 2013 | 19 ha | 140 ha | 159 ha |
| 2014 | 16 ha | 186 ha | 201 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | 97 ha | 102 ha |
| 2016 | 34 ha | 406 ha | 440 ha |
| 2017 | 23 ha | 139 ha | 162 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | 175 ha | 197 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 262 ha | 274 ha |
| 2020 | 31 ha | 239 ha | 270 ha |
| 2021 | 36 ha | 515 ha | 551 ha |
| 2022 | 44 ha | 547 ha | 591 ha |
| 2023 | 40 ha | 392 ha | 432 ha |
| 2024 | 39 ha | 294 ha | 333 ha |
| 2025 | 14 ha | 196 ha | 210 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pingxiang, Guangxi?
- Loggingcan grow back84% · 4,540 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back7.5% · 403 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good4.5% · 242 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, mining and energy, 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
- 27,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 26,800 ha
- Overall change
- −298 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingxiang, Guangxi stayed about the same size, at about 26,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 362 hectares, and about 661 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 Pingxiang, Guangxi right now?
The latest reading for Pingxiang, Guangxi shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pingxiang, Guangxi today?
At AQI 26 (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 Pingxiang, Guangxi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pingxiang, Guangxi's daily AQI at 45 on average, from 26 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 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 Pingxiang, Guangxi lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingxiang, Guangxi has lost about 5,400 hectares of forest (about 7,600 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 454 hectares (8.4%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 423 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 269 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingxiang, Guangxi stayed about the same size, at about 26,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 362 hectares, and about 661 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pingxiang, Guangxi?
Pingxiang, Guangxi has an estimated 196,350 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 62.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pingxiang, Guangxi need?
Pingxiang, Guangxi has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Pingxiang, Guangxi'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 Pingxiang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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