City report · Guangdong, China
Qingyuan Air quality today
Air quality in Qingyuan currently reads AQI 80 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 80
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 24.9
- tree cover
- 22.5%
- trees in this area
- 50.7K
- more trees needed
- 16.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qingcheng District, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Qingyuan · AQI 80 (Moderate)
Qingyuan's tree count comes to 50,682 trees across 9.01 km² of land, 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 16,894 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Qingyuan today: AQI 80, 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 · Fengcheng Subdistrict, Qingyuan (清远凤城街办), 1.7 km away · median of 5 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
24.9
PM10
30.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Guangdong Environmental Protection public network (广东环境保护公众网)
- 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 Qingyuan's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 47 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5.
Where Qingyuan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Qingyuan: Below target
22.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.01 km² of land.
Trees in this area
50,682
Target trees
67,576
More trees needed
16,894
CO₂ if planted / yr
371.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Qingyuan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Qingyuan has lost about 884 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 350 hectares (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 884 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 350 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 40 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 52 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2005, when about 116 hectares of forest were lost.
Qingyuan's full deforestation reportHectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 7 ha | 8 ha |
| 2002 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | 4 ha | 9 ha |
| 2005 | 48 ha | 68 ha | 116 ha |
| 2006 | 21 ha | 38 ha | 59 ha |
| 2007 | 30 ha | 26 ha | 56 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 21 ha |
| 2010 | 15 ha | 3 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 17 ha | 15 ha | 32 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | 11 ha | 14 ha |
| 2014 | 14 ha | 19 ha | 33 ha |
| 2015 | 4 ha | 18 ha | 22 ha |
| 2016 | 9 ha | 81 ha | 90 ha |
| 2017 | 33 ha | 16 ha | 50 ha |
| 2018 | 38 ha | 36 ha | 74 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 13 ha | 22 ha |
| 2020 | 10 ha | 14 ha | 24 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 11 ha |
| 2022 | 3 ha | 5 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 73 ha | 75 ha |
| 2024 | 34 ha | 41 ha | 76 ha |
| 2025 | 18 ha | 13 ha | 31 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Qingyuan?
- Loggingcan grow back55% · 487 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good32% · 282 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good6% · 53 ha
Also: wildfires, mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 8,080 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 8,240 ha
- Overall change
- +164 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingyuan stayed about the same size, at about 8,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 579 hectares, and about 415 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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Questions about Qingyuan
What is the air quality (AQI) in Qingyuan right now?
The latest reading for Qingyuan shows an AQI of 80 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 5 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Fengcheng Subdistrict, Qingyuan (清远凤城街办), 1.7 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Qingyuan today?
At AQI 80 (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 Qingyuan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Qingyuan's daily AQI at 70 on average, from 47 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 5. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Qingyuan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Qingyuan has lost about 884 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 350 hectares (40%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 40 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 52 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Qingyuan stayed about the same size, at about 8,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 579 hectares, and about 415 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Qingyuan?
Qingyuan has an estimated 50,682 trees across the 9.01 km² of land measured — 22.5% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Qingyuan need?
Qingyuan needs roughly 16,894 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 371.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Qingyuan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Qingcheng 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 Qingcheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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