City report · Hunan, China
Shaoyang Air quality today
Air quality in Shaoyang currently reads AQI 142 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 142
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 52.2
- tree cover
- 19.0%
- trees in this area
- 54.3K
- more trees needed
- 45.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Daxiang District, Shaoyang, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shaoyang · AQI 142 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Shaoyang's tree count comes to 54,258 trees across 11.43 km² of land, 16 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 45,691 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shaoyang today: AQI 142, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · Shaoyang (邵阳), 600 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
52.2
PM10
59.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hunan Environmental Protection Agency (湖南省环境保护厅), 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
- Children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise
- Windows
- Close them to keep the outside air out
- Mask
- Sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one, especially in bedrooms
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shaoyang's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 97 on Nov 10.
Where Shaoyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shaoyang: Critically low
19.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
54,258
Target trees
99,949
More trees needed
45,691
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,005 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shaoyang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shaoyang has lost about 118 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 118 haabout 160 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 17%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 92 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, when about 28 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2005 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 21 ha | 8 ha | 28 ha |
| 2012 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shaoyang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good75% · 88 ha
- Loggingcan grow back19% · 22 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.3% · 4 ha
Also: 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
- 6,750 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,820 ha
- Overall change
- +69 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shaoyang stayed about the same size, at about 6,820 hectares: new forest grew on about 296 hectares, and about 226 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 Shaoyang right now?
The latest reading for Shaoyang shows an AQI of 142 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Shaoyang (邵阳), 600 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shaoyang today?
At AQI 142 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): children, older adults and people with asthma or heart disease should cut down long or hard exercise. Windows: close them to keep the outside air out. Masks: sensitive groups: an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Shaoyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shaoyang's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 60 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 97 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 Shaoyang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shaoyang has lost about 118 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 17% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shaoyang stayed about the same size, at about 6,820 hectares: new forest grew on about 296 hectares, and about 226 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shaoyang?
Shaoyang has an estimated 54,258 trees across the 11.43 km² of land measured — 19.0% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shaoyang need?
Shaoyang needs roughly 45,691 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,005 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shaoyang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Daxiang 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 Daxiang District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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