City report · Yunnan, China
Shuifu Air quality today
Air quality in Shuifu currently reads AQI 154 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Air quality right now
AQI 154
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 59.4
- tree cover
- 54.7%
- trees in this area
- 154K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shuifu, Zhaotong, Yunnan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Shuifu · AQI 154 (Unhealthy)
Shuifu's tree count comes to 154,145 trees across 11.28 km² of land, already at or above the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Shuifu today: AQI 154, 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 · Huangjinzui, Yibin (宜宾黄金嘴), 18.9 km away
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
59.4
PM10
83.3
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Sichuan Province Environmental Protection Agency (四川省环保重点城市环境空气质量实时监测结果)
- 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 Shuifu's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 59 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 6.
Where Shuifu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Shuifu: Healthy tree cover
54.7% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.28 km² of land.
Trees in this area
154,145
Target trees
154,145
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Shuifu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shuifu has lost about 263 hectares of forest (about 370 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 263 haabout 370 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 186 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 54 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 22 ha | 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2009 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 16 ha | 4 ha | 20 ha |
| 2012 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2013 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2017 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2018 | 46 ha | 8 ha | 54 ha |
| 2019 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 6 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 7 ha | 13 ha |
| 2023 | 4 ha | 14 ha | 17 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | 10 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | 7 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Shuifu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good46% · 121 ha
- Loggingcan grow back24% · 62 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 54 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 26,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 26,700 ha
- Overall change
- −52 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shuifu stayed about the same size, at about 26,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 191 hectares, and about 243 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 Shuifu right now?
The latest reading for Shuifu shows an AQI of 154 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the Huangjinzui, Yibin (宜宾黄金嘴) ground monitoring station, 18.9 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 Shuifu today?
At AQI 154 (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 Shuifu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Shuifu's daily AQI at 93 on average, from 59 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 162 on Nov 6. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Shuifu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Shuifu has lost about 263 hectares of forest (about 370 football pitches): 2.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (71%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Shuifu stayed about the same size, at about 26,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 191 hectares, and about 243 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Shuifu?
Shuifu has an estimated 154,145 trees across the 11.28 km² of land measured — 54.7% tree cover, already past the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Shuifu need?
Shuifu has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Shuifu's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Shuifu, 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 Shuifu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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