City report · Hunan, China
Shaoshan Air quality today
Air quality in Shaoshan currently reads AQI 77 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 77
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 26.6
- tree cover
- 64.1%
- trees in this area
- 198K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shaoshan · AQI 77 (Moderate)
Shaoshan's tree count comes to 197,550 trees across 12.33 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shaoshan today: AQI 77, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Xiangtan and Changsha
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
26.6
PM10
58.6
NO₂
38.8
O₃
25.0
SO₂
50.1
CO
788.0
- 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 Shaoshan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 54 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 10.
Where Shaoshan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shaoshan: Healthy tree cover
64.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.33 km² of land.
Trees in this area
197,550
Target trees
197,550
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shaoshan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shaoshan has lost about 744 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 744 haabout 1,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 427 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2024, when about 220 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | 9 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | 9 ha | 22 ha |
| 2012 | 23 ha | 38 ha | 60 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | 8 ha | 19 ha |
| 2014 | 21 ha | 6 ha | 27 ha |
| 2015 | 16 ha | 20 ha | 36 ha |
| 2016 | 29 ha | 4 ha | 33 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | 35 ha | 55 ha |
| 2018 | 19 ha | 22 ha | 41 ha |
| 2019 | 39 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha |
| 2020 | 17 ha | 21 ha | 38 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | 10 ha | 22 ha |
| 2023 | 15 ha | 6 ha | 22 ha |
| 2024 | 147 ha | 73 ha | 220 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | 24 ha | 39 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shaoshan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good47% · 353 ha
- Loggingcan grow back42% · 314 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good6.5% · 49 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 16,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 16,200 ha
- Overall change
- −583 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shaoshan shrank from about 16,800 hectares to 16,200 hectares, a net loss of about 583 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 52 hectares, but 636 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 Shaoshan right now?
The latest reading for Shaoshan shows an AQI of 77 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shaoshan today?
At AQI 77 (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 Shaoshan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shaoshan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 54 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 133 on Nov 10. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shaoshan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shaoshan has lost about 744 hectares of forest (about 1,000 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (57%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss is speeding up: about 63 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 42 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shaoshan shrank from about 16,800 hectares to 16,200 hectares, a net loss of about 583 hectares (−3.5%). New forest grew on about 52 hectares, but 636 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shaoshan?
Shaoshan has an estimated 197,550 trees across the 12.33 km² of land measured — 64.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shaoshan need?
Shaoshan has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Shaoshan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. 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 Shaoshan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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