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Wuda Air quality today

Air quality in Wuda currently reads AQI 174 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

AQI 174

Air quality right now

Unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
88.4
tree cover
6.1%
trees in this area
19.1K
more trees needed
106K

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

Wuda · AQI 174 (Unhealthy)

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

Wuda's tree count comes to 19,125 trees across 12.54 km² of land, 34 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 106,287 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Wuda today: AQI 174, Unhealthy

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 01:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Ground station · Forestry Bureau, Wuhai (乌海市林业局), 23.5 km away

Health signal

Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.

PM2.5

88.4

PM10

119.7

NO₂

—

O₃

—

SO₂

—

CO

—

Data: World Air Quality Index Project

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 Wuda's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 67 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 124 on Nov 6.

Last 7 days · model estimateavg 74 · peak 124
Nov 5: AQI 79 (peak 103)Nov 6: AQI 85 (peak 124)Nov 7: AQI 71 (peak 91)Nov 8: AQI 67 (peak 79)Nov 9: AQI 74 (peak 86)Nov 10: AQI 67 (peak 89)Nov 11: AQI 76 (peak 83)
Nov 5Nov 11

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

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Wuda: Critically low

6.1% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.

34 points below target

Trees in this area

19,125

Target trees

125,412

More trees needed

106,287

CO₂ if planted / yr

2,338 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Wuda lost?

There was almost no forest around Wuda 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 Wuda, July 2017

2017: satellite photo from July 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

In the same region

Measured cities near Wuda

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Wuhai

    China

    22.4 km
    Tree cover
    21%
    Air quality
    174
  • Huinong

    China

    30.0 km
    Tree cover
    3%
    Air quality
    156
  • 64.0 km
    Tree cover
    10%
    Air quality
    131
  • Xigang

    China

    109.9 km
    Tree cover
    18%
    Air quality
    142
  • 120.8 km
    Tree cover
    16%
    Air quality
    142
  • 149.5 km
    Tree cover
    17%
    Air quality
    184

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Questions about Wuda

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

The latest reading for Wuda shows an AQI of 174 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 12, 01:00 local time by the Forestry Bureau, Wuhai (乌海市林业局) ground monitoring station, 23.5 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 Wuda today?

At AQI 174 (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 Wuda been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Wuda's daily AQI at 74 on average, from 67 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 124 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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

There was almost no forest around Wuda 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 Wuda?

Wuda has an estimated 19,125 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 6.1% tree cover, 34 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Wuda need?

Wuda needs roughly 106,287 more trees to close a 34-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 2,338 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

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

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

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