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Air quality in Guangxi today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Pingxiang, Guangxi has the cleanest air of the 20 cities we track in Guangxi (AQI 25, Good), and Beiliu the worst (AQI 167, Unhealthy). Yangshuo has the most tree cover, at 70.7% — #5 of 639 cities measured in China.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
AQI 90
Average right now
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 20
- average tree cover
- 35.3%
- China: 22.9%
- worst air now: Beiliu
- 167
- cleanest air now: Pingxiang, Guangxi
- 25
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Guangxi · average AQI 90
Air quality today across Guangxi, city by city
| Nanning | 114Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 22.1% | 36.8K | #269 of 639 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilin | 77Moderate | 38.3% | — | #79 of 639 |
| Liuzhou | 115Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 25.9% | 20.5K | #215 of 639 |
| Qinzhou | 132Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 38.1% | — | #81 of 639 |
| Guigang | 88Moderate | 20.3% | 30.3K | #309 of 639 |
| Yulin | 167Unhealthy | 16.6% | 72.9K | #389 of 639 |
| Hezhou | 115Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 30.2% | 14.7K | #146 of 639 |
| Laibin | 46Good | 24.1% | 18.0K | #239 of 639 |
| Wuzhou | 75Moderate | 33.2% | — | #121 of 639 |
| Baise | 58Moderate | 21.6% | 23.9K | #277 of 639 |
| Beihai | 122Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 24.4% | 23.5K | #236 of 639 |
| Chongzuo | 64Moderate | 46.0% | — | #49 of 639 |
| Hechi | 64Moderate | 53.9% | — | #26 of 639 |
| Yangshuo | 51Moderate | 70.7% | — | #5 of 639 |
| Fangchenggang | 87Moderate | 48.7% | — | #38 of 639 |
| Beiliu | 167Unhealthy | 25.9% | 42.4K | #213 of 639 |
| Hepu | 122Unhealthy for sensitive groups | 27.1% | 24.6K | #192 of 639 |
| Yizhou | 38Good | 50.6% | — | #37 of 639 |
| Dongxing | 64Moderate | 25.2% | 14.5K | #225 of 639 |
| Pingxiang, Guangxi | 25Good | 62.5% | — | #13 of 639 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in China.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Guangxi lost?
Since 2001, Guangxi has lost about 3.25 million hectares of forest (about 33,000 km²): 25% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 178,000 hectares (5.5%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3.25 million haabout 33,000 km²
- Share of its forest
- 25%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 178,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,700 ha | 46,000 ha | 49,700 ha |
| 2002 | 2,910 ha | 44,300 ha | 47,200 ha |
| 2003 | 2,970 ha | 33,600 ha | 36,600 ha |
| 2004 | 5,010 ha | 98,800 ha | 104,000 ha |
| 2005 | 4,180 ha | 67,500 ha | 71,600 ha |
| 2006 | 4,790 ha | 92,700 ha | 97,500 ha |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | 154,000 ha | 164,000 ha |
| 2008 | 8,210 ha | 160,000 ha | 168,000 ha |
| 2009 | 8,030 ha | 92,000 ha | 100,000 ha |
| 2010 | 9,210 ha | 134,000 ha | 143,000 ha |
| 2011 | 6,830 ha | 126,000 ha | 133,000 ha |
| 2012 | 7,710 ha | 112,000 ha | 120,000 ha |
| 2013 | 3,850 ha | 97,100 ha | 101,000 ha |
| 2014 | 4,900 ha | 115,000 ha | 120,000 ha |
| 2015 | 6,340 ha | 105,000 ha | 111,000 ha |
| 2016 | 10,100 ha | 167,000 ha | 177,000 ha |
| 2017 | 12,200 ha | 158,000 ha | 170,000 ha |
| 2018 | 12,400 ha | 158,000 ha | 170,000 ha |
| 2019 | 6,730 ha | 122,000 ha | 129,000 ha |
| 2020 | 6,590 ha | 117,000 ha | 124,000 ha |
| 2021 | 7,550 ha | 174,000 ha | 182,000 ha |
| 2022 | 7,920 ha | 196,000 ha | 204,000 ha |
| 2023 | 7,880 ha | 174,000 ha | 182,000 ha |
| 2024 | 8,710 ha | 180,000 ha | 188,000 ha |
| 2025 | 9,230 ha | 152,000 ha | 162,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 183,000 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 154,000 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2022, when about 204,000 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Guangxi?
- Loggingcan grow back93% · 3.04 million ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.2% · 105,000 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.5% · 49,000 ha
Also: shifting farming, mining and energy, wildfires, 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.
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. How it's measured
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