City report · Inner Mongolia, China
Ulanqab Air quality today
Air quality in Ulanqab currently reads AQI 85 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 85
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 27.1
- tree cover
- 28.3%
- trees in this area
- 88.8K
- more trees needed
- 5.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jining, Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ulanqab · AQI 85 (Moderate)
Ulanqab's tree count comes to 88,818 trees across 12.56 km² of land, 2 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 5,335 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ulanqab today: AQI 85, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Jining District, Ulanqab (乌兰察布集宁新区), 200 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
27.1
PM10
40.5
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project
- 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 Ulanqab's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 5.
Where Ulanqab stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ulanqab: Below target
28.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.56 km² of land.
Trees in this area
88,818
Target trees
94,153
More trees needed
5,335
CO₂ if planted / yr
117.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ulanqab lost?
There was almost no forest around Ulanqab 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.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 27 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 102 ha
- Overall change
- +75 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ulanqab grew from about 27 hectares to 102 hectares, a net gain of about 75 hectares. New forest grew on about 75 hectares, while under 1 hectare was 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 Ulanqab right now?
The latest reading for Ulanqab shows an AQI of 85 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Jining District, Ulanqab (乌兰察布集宁新区), 200 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Ulanqab today?
At AQI 85 (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 Ulanqab been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ulanqab's daily AQI at 60 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 161 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ulanqab lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Ulanqab 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. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ulanqab grew from about 27 hectares to 102 hectares, a net gain of about 75 hectares. New forest grew on about 75 hectares, while under 1 hectare was lost.
What is the tree count in Ulanqab?
Ulanqab has an estimated 88,818 trees across the 12.56 km² of land measured — 28.3% tree cover, 2 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ulanqab need?
Ulanqab needs roughly 5,335 more trees to close a 2-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 117.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ulanqab's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Jining, 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 Jining; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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