City report · Shandong, China
Pingyin Air quality today
Air quality in Pingyin currently reads AQI 116 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 116
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 41.4
- tree cover
- 12.8%
- trees in this area
- 37.4K
- more trees needed
- 64.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pingyin County, Jinan, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pingyin · AQI 116 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Pingyin's tree count comes to 37,438 trees across 11.7 km² of land, 22 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 64,931 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pingyin today: AQI 116, 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 · Pingyin District, Pingyin County (平阴县平阴城区), 1.3 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
41.4
PM10
74.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- 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 Pingyin's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 81 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 5.
Where Pingyin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pingyin: Critically low
12.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.7 km² of land.
Trees in this area
37,438
Target trees
102,369
More trees needed
64,931
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,428 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pingyin lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingyin has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 7 haabout 10 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.5%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 1 hectare 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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pingyin?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good41% · 3 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good11% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.7% · under 1 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, towns and roads, 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
- 1,280 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,070 ha
- Overall change
- +1,790 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingyin grew from about 1,280 hectares to 3,070 hectares, a net gain of about 1,790 hectares (+140%). New forest grew on about 1,800 hectares, while 4 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 Pingyin
What is the air quality (AQI) in Pingyin right now?
The latest reading for Pingyin shows an AQI of 116 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Pingyin District, Pingyin County (平阴县平阴城区), 1.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pingyin today?
At AQI 116 (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 Pingyin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pingyin's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 81 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 164 on Nov 5. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pingyin lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pingyin has lost about 7 hectares of forest (about 10 football pitches): 4.5% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (53%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pingyin grew from about 1,280 hectares to 3,070 hectares, a net gain of about 1,790 hectares (+140%). New forest grew on about 1,800 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pingyin?
Pingyin has an estimated 37,438 trees across the 11.7 km² of land measured — 12.8% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pingyin need?
Pingyin needs roughly 64,931 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,428 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pingyin's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Pingyin County, 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 Pingyin County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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