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Tumxuk Air quality today

Air quality in Tumxuk currently reads AQI 54 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

AQI 54

Air quality right now

Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
11.1
tree cover
18.9%
trees in this area
59.4K
more trees needed
34.9K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Tumxuk, Xinjiang, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Tumxuk · AQI 54 (Moderate)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 25, 2026

Tumxuk's tree count comes to 59,376 trees across 12.57 km², 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 34,872 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Tumxuk today: AQI 54, Moderate

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Model estimate · no ground station nearby

Health signal

Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.

PM2.5

11.1

PM10

31.8

NO₂

0.7

O₃

71.0

SO₂

2.1

CO

188.0

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 Tumxuk's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 47 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 8.

Last 7 daysavg 88 · peak 154
Nov 4: AQI 91 (peak 111)Nov 5: AQI 108 (peak 112)Nov 6: AQI 87 (peak 96)Nov 7: AQI 86 (peak 145)Nov 8: AQI 132 (peak 154)Nov 9: AQI 66 (peak 85)Nov 10: AQI 47 (peak 54)
Nov 4Nov 10

Where Tumxuk stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Tumxuk: Below target

18.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

11 points below target

Trees in this area

59,376

Target trees

94,248

More trees needed

34,872

CO₂ if planted / yr

767.2 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Tumxuk lost?

There was almost no forest around Tumxuk in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Tumxuk, August 2017

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

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. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured

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Questions about Tumxuk

What is the air quality (AQI) in Tumxuk right now?

The latest reading for Tumxuk shows an AQI of 54 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Tumxuk 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 Tumxuk been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Tumxuk's daily AQI at 88 on average, from 47 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 8. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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

There was almost no forest around Tumxuk in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

What is the tree count in Tumxuk?

Tumxuk has an estimated 59,376 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 18.9% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Tumxuk need?

Tumxuk needs roughly 34,872 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 767.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Tumxuk'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 Tumxuk; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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