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Air quality in Tianjin today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Hangu has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Tianjin (AQI 162, Unhealthy), and Tianjin the worst (AQI 170, Unhealthy). Tianjin has the most tree cover, at 17.2% — #377 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.
Average right now
AQI 165
Unhealthy
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 10.2%
- China: 22.9%
- worst air now: Tianjin
- 170
- cleanest air now: Hangu
- 162
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Tianjin · average AQI 165
Air quality today across Tianjin, city by city
| Tianjin | 170Unhealthy | 17.2% | 70.3K | #377 of 639 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanggu | 163Unhealthy | 8.0% | 92.4K | #596 of 639 |
| Hangu | 162Unhealthy | 5.5% | 96.2K | #629 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 Tianjin lost?
Since 2001, Tianjin has lost about 476 hectares of forest (about 670 football pitches): 4.7% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (62%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 476 haabout 670 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 295 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 | 110 ha | 78 ha | 188 ha |
| 2002 | 13 ha | 15 ha | 28 ha |
| 2003 | 21 ha | 12 ha | 33 ha |
| 2004 | 9 ha | 6 ha | 15 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | 8 ha | 17 ha |
| 2006 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 14 ha | 9 ha | 23 ha |
| 2008 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2009 | 37 ha | 10 ha | 48 ha |
| 2010 | 29 ha | 17 ha | 46 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
| 2012 | 22 ha | 6 ha | 28 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
The worst year was 2001, when about 188 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Tianjin?
- Towns and roadscleared for good35% · 168 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good26% · 122 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back2.8% · 13 ha
Also: logging, mining and energy, wildfires, 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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