City report · Hubei, China
Qianjiang Air quality today
Air quality in Qianjiang currently reads AQI 78 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 78
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.3
- tree cover
- 18.4%
- trees in this area
- 57.4K
- more trees needed
- 36.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qianjiang, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qianjiang · AQI 78 (Moderate)
Qianjiang's tree count comes to 57,401 trees across 12.48 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,187 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qianjiang today: AQI 78, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 16 station cities within 250 km, e.g. Jingzhou and Jingmen
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.3
PM10
36.0
NO₂
19.4
O₃
43.0
SO₂
17.9
CO
597.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qianjiang's daily AQI at 119 on average, from 78 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 5.
Where Qianjiang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qianjiang: Below target
18.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.48 km² of land.
Trees in this area
57,401
Target trees
93,588
More trees needed
36,187
CO₂ if planted / yr
796.1 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qianjiang lost?
There was very little forest around Qianjiang in 2000, about 12 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2025, 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Qianjiang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back41% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown5.9% · under 1 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
- 320 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 532 ha
- Overall change
- +212 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qianjiang grew from about 320 hectares to 532 hectares, a net gain of about 212 hectares (+66%). New forest grew on about 214 hectares, while 2 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 Qianjiang
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Jingling32.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 96
- Xiantao53.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 14%
- Air quality
- 108
- Jingzhou67.8 km
China
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 86
- Chengzhong85.9 km
China
- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 85
- Xindi87.0 km
China
- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 76
- Zhongxiang87.9 km
China
- Tree cover
- 9%
- Air quality
- 84
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Qianjiang right now?
The latest reading for Qianjiang shows an AQI of 78 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 16 ground-station cities within 250 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qianjiang today?
At AQI 78 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Qianjiang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qianjiang's daily AQI at 119 on average, from 78 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 5. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qianjiang lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Qianjiang in 2000, about 12 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qianjiang grew from about 320 hectares to 532 hectares, a net gain of about 212 hectares (+66%). New forest grew on about 214 hectares, while 2 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Qianjiang?
Qianjiang has an estimated 57,401 trees across the 12.48 km² of land measured — 18.4% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qianjiang need?
Qianjiang needs roughly 36,187 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 796.1 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qianjiang'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 Qianjiang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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