City report · North Hwanghae, North Korea
Songnim-ni Air quality today
Air quality in Songnim-ni currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 54
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 10.2
- tree cover
- 22.5%
- trees in this area
- 70.7K
- more trees needed
- 23.6K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Songnim, Pyongyang, North Korea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Songnim-ni · AQI 54 (Moderate)
Songnim-ni's tree count comes to 70,686 trees across 12.57 km², 7 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,562 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Songnim-ni today: AQI 54, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 165 km, e.g. Kaesŏng and Gimpo-si
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
10.2
PM10
21.6
NO₂
14.1
O₃
55.0
SO₂
10.0
CO
351.0
- 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 Songnim-ni's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 11.
Where Songnim-ni stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Songnim-ni: Below target
22.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
70,686
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
23,562
CO₂ if planted / yr
518.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Songnim-ni lost?
There was very little forest around Songnim-ni in 2000, about 75 hectares, and about 2 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 September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| 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 Songnim-ni?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · under 1 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.3% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 774 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,030 ha
- Overall change
- +252 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Songnim-ni grew from about 774 hectares to 1,030 hectares, a net gain of about 252 hectares (+33%). New forest grew on about 268 hectares, while 16 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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Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Kangsŏn19.9 km
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- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 67
- Namp’o20.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 7%
- Air quality
- 59
- Man’gyŏngdae-ri25.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 66
- Sariwŏn-si30.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 8%
- Air quality
- 55
- Pyongyang31.6 km
North Korea
- Tree cover
- 24%
- Air quality
- 74
- Chaeryŏng-ni35.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 16%
- Air quality
- 143
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Songnim-ni right now?
The latest reading for Songnim-ni shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 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 Songnim-ni today?
At AQI 54 (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 Songnim-ni been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Songnim-ni's daily AQI at 64 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Songnim-ni lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Songnim-ni in 2000, about 75 hectares, and about 2 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 Songnim-ni grew from about 774 hectares to 1,030 hectares, a net gain of about 252 hectares (+33%). New forest grew on about 268 hectares, while 16 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Songnim-ni?
Songnim-ni has an estimated 70,686 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 22.5% tree cover, 7 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Songnim-ni need?
Songnim-ni needs roughly 23,562 more trees to close a 7-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 518.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Songnim-ni'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 Songnim; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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