City report · Shanghai, China
Qingpu Air quality today
Air quality in Qingpu currently reads AQI 91 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 91
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 30.6
- tree cover
- 21.6%
- trees in this area
- 66.8K
- more trees needed
- 26.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qingpu District, Shanghai, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qingpu · AQI 91 (Moderate)
Qingpu's tree count comes to 66,773 trees across 12.37 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,967 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qingpu today: AQI 91, Moderate
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 · Qingpu Xiayang, Shanghai (青浦夏阳), 1.3 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
30.6
PM10
42.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Shanghai Environment Monitoring Center(上海市环境监测中心)
- 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 Qingpu's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 66 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 212 on Nov 10.
Where Qingpu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qingpu: Below target
21.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.37 km² of land.
Trees in this area
66,773
Target trees
92,740
More trees needed
25,967
CO₂ if planted / yr
571.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qingpu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Qingpu has lost about 2 hectares of forest: 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 2 ha
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
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 | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Qingpu?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good5.3% · 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
- 1,370 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,580 ha
- Overall change
- +2,210 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingpu grew from about 1,370 hectares to 3,580 hectares, a net gain of about 2,210 hectares (+161%). New forest grew on about 2,210 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Qingpu right now?
The latest reading for Qingpu shows an AQI of 91 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Qingpu Xiayang, Shanghai (青浦夏阳), 1.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qingpu today?
At AQI 91 (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 Qingpu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qingpu's daily AQI at 117 on average, from 66 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 212 on Nov 10. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qingpu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Qingpu has lost about 2 hectares of forest: 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (58%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingpu grew from about 1,370 hectares to 3,580 hectares, a net gain of about 2,210 hectares (+161%). New forest grew on about 2,210 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Qingpu?
Qingpu has an estimated 66,773 trees across the 12.37 km² of land measured — 21.6% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qingpu need?
Qingpu needs roughly 25,967 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 571.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qingpu's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Qingpu 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 Qingpu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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