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Suining Air quality today

Air quality in Suining currently reads AQI 131 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

AQI 131

Air quality right now

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
47.6
tree cover
38.6%
trees in this area
104K
more trees needed
0

Measured across a 2 km radius around Chuanshan District, Suining, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Suining · AQI 131 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 2, 2026

Suining's tree count comes to 104,410 trees across 10.82 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Suining today: AQI 131, 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 · Suining (遂宁), 3.3 km away · median of 2 stations

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

47.6

PM10

73.2

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
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 Suining's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 55 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 10.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 89 · peak 157
Nov 4: AQI 78 (peak 103)Nov 5: AQI 93 (peak 132)Nov 6: AQI 108 (peak 153)Nov 7: AQI 113 (peak 142)Nov 8: AQI 60 (peak 77)Nov 9: AQI 55 (peak 138)Nov 10: AQI 114 (peak 157)
Nov 4Nov 10

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Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Suining: Healthy tree cover

38.6% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.82 km² of land.

Target reached

Trees in this area

104,410

Target trees

104,410

More trees needed

0

CO₂ if planted / yr

0 kg

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Suining lost?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Suining has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.

Satellite image of the area around Suining, July 2017

2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest lost since 2001
14 haabout 20 football pitches
Share of its forest
2.3%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
12 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns

The worst year was 2021, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.

Forest lost each year around Suining, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year around Suining, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.2.4

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Forest lost each year around Suining, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20021 haunder 1 ha1 ha
2003under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2004under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2005under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2006under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2007under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2008under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20091 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2010under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2011under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2012under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2013under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20141 haunder 1 ha1 ha
2015under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2016under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2017under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2018under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2019under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
20201 haunder 1 ha1 ha
20212 haunder 1 ha2 ha
20222 haunder 1 ha2 ha
2023under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2024under 1 haunder 1 haunder 1 ha
2025under 1 haunder 1 ha1 ha

What is causing deforestation around Suining?

  • Towns and roadscleared for good78% · 11 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good3.5% · under 1 ha
  • Mining and energycleared for good3.5% · under 1 ha

Also: logging, 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
12,200 ha
Forest in 2020
12,500 ha
Overall change
+345 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Suining grew from about 12,200 hectares to 12,500 hectares, a net gain of about 345 hectares (+2.8%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 116 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 Suining right now?

The latest reading for Suining shows an AQI of 131 (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 Suining (遂宁), 3.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Suining today?

At AQI 131 (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 Suining been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Suining's daily AQI at 89 on average, from 55 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 157 on Nov 10. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Suining lost since 2001?

Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Suining has lost about 14 hectares of forest (about 20 football pitches): 2.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (85%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Suining grew from about 12,200 hectares to 12,500 hectares, a net gain of about 345 hectares (+2.8%). New forest grew on about 461 hectares, while 116 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Suining?

Suining has an estimated 104,410 trees across the 10.82 km² of land measured — 38.6% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Suining need?

Suining has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.

How are Suining's air quality and tree cover measured?

Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Chuanshan 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 Chuanshan District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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