City report · Gansu, China
Qingyang Air quality today
Air quality in Qingyang currently reads AQI 82 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 82
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.9
- tree cover
- 8.6%
- trees in this area
- 27.0K
- more trees needed
- 67.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xifeng District, Qingyang, Gansu, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 17, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qingyang · AQI 82 (Moderate)
Qingyang's tree count comes to 27,018 trees across 12.57 km², 21 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 67,230 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qingyang today: AQI 82, 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 · City EPA, Qingyang (庆阳市环保局), 800 m away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.9
PM10
44.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Gangsu Environmental Protection Agency (甘肃省生态环境厅), China National Urban air quality real-time publishing platform (全国城市空气质量实时发布平台)
- 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 Qingyang's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 42 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 101 on Nov 7.
Where Qingyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qingyang: Critically low
8.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
27,018
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
67,230
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,479 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qingyang lost?
There was very little forest around Qingyang in 2000, about 22 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 Qingyang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good31% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good7.7% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown54% · 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
- 915 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 992 ha
- Overall change
- +77 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingyang grew from about 915 hectares to 992 hectares, a net gain of about 77 hectares (+8.4%). New forest grew on about 116 hectares, while 39 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 Qingyang right now?
The latest reading for Qingyang shows an AQI of 82 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the City EPA, Qingyang (庆阳市环保局) ground monitoring station, 800 m away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qingyang today?
At AQI 82 (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 Qingyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qingyang's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 42 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 101 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qingyang lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Qingyang in 2000, about 22 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Qingyang grew from about 915 hectares to 992 hectares, a net gain of about 77 hectares (+8.4%). New forest grew on about 116 hectares, while 39 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Qingyang?
Qingyang has an estimated 27,018 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 8.6% tree cover, 21 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qingyang need?
Qingyang needs roughly 67,230 more trees to close a 21-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,479 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qingyang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xifeng 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 Xifeng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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