City report · Xinjiang, China
Shihezi Air quality today
Air quality in Shihezi currently reads AQI 165 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 165
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 74.9
- tree cover
- 37.7%
- trees in this area
- 118K
- more trees needed
- 7.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shihezi, Xinjiang, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shihezi · AQI 165 (Unhealthy)
Shihezi's tree count comes to 118,438 trees across 12.57 km², 2 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 7,226 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shihezi today: AQI 165, Unhealthy
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 · àiqīng shīgē guǎn, Shihezi (石河子艾青诗歌馆), 1.2 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
74.9
PM10
187.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project
- Outdoor exercise
- Everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it
- Windows
- Keep them closed
- Mask
- Wear an N95 outdoors
- Air purifier
- Run one
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shihezi's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 50 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 7.
Where Shihezi stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shihezi: Below target
37.7% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
118,438
Target trees
125,664
More trees needed
7,226
CO₂ if planted / yr
159.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shihezi lost?
There was very little forest around Shihezi in 2000, about 61 hectares, and about 4 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shihezi?
- Towns and roadscleared for good57% · 2 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown40% · 1 ha
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
- 361 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 825 ha
- Overall change
- +464 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shihezi grew from about 361 hectares to 825 hectares, a net gain of about 464 hectares (+129%). New forest grew on about 465 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Shihezi right now?
The latest reading for Shihezi shows an AQI of 165 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the àiqīng shīgē guǎn, Shihezi (石河子艾青诗歌馆) ground monitoring station, 1.2 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Shihezi today?
At AQI 165 (Unhealthy): everyone should cut down long or hard exercise; sensitive groups should avoid it. Windows: keep them closed. Masks: wear an N95 outdoors. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Shihezi been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shihezi's daily AQI at 69 on average, from 50 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 99 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shihezi lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Shihezi in 2000, about 61 hectares, and about 4 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shihezi grew from about 361 hectares to 825 hectares, a net gain of about 464 hectares (+129%). New forest grew on about 465 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Shihezi?
Shihezi has an estimated 118,438 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 37.7% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shihezi need?
Shihezi needs roughly 7,226 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 159.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Shihezi's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shihezi, 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 Shihezi; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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