City report · Hunan, China
Xiangxiang Air quality today
Air quality in Xiangxiang currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 59
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.5
- tree cover
- 17.8%
- trees in this area
- 53.0K
- more trees needed
- 36.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xiangxiang, Xiangtan, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xiangxiang · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Xiangxiang's tree count comes to 53,012 trees across 11.92 km² of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,334 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xiangxiang today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 11 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Xiangtan and Loudi
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.5
PM10
32.7
NO₂
21.3
O₃
64.0
SO₂
23.2
CO
673.0
- 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 Xiangxiang's daily AQI at 76 on average, from 61 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 11.
Where Xiangxiang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xiangxiang: Critically low
17.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.92 km² of land.
Trees in this area
53,012
Target trees
89,346
More trees needed
36,334
CO₂ if planted / yr
799.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xiangxiang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xiangxiang has lost about 345 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 345 haabout 480 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 5.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 252 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2022, when about 71 hectares of forest were lost.
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 | 2 ha | 4 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2011 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2012 | 5 ha | 5 ha | 11 ha |
| 2013 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2014 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2016 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2017 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 15 ha | 6 ha | 21 ha |
| 2020 | 27 ha | 2 ha | 29 ha |
| 2021 | 28 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2022 | 66 ha | 5 ha | 71 ha |
| 2023 | 12 ha | 22 ha | 34 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | 13 ha | 32 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | 8 ha | 24 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xiangxiang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good70% · 242 ha
- Loggingcan grow back24% · 84 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.8% · 10 ha
Also: 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
- 13,400 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 13,200 ha
- Overall change
- −174 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xiangxiang stayed about the same size, at about 13,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 94 hectares, and about 268 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 Xiangxiang right now?
The latest reading for Xiangxiang shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 11 ground-station cities within 185 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 Xiangxiang today?
At AQI 59 (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 Xiangxiang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xiangxiang's daily AQI at 76 on average, from 61 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 170 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xiangxiang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xiangxiang has lost about 345 hectares of forest (about 480 football pitches): 5.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xiangxiang stayed about the same size, at about 13,200 hectares: new forest grew on about 94 hectares, and about 268 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xiangxiang?
Xiangxiang has an estimated 53,012 trees across the 11.92 km² of land measured — 17.8% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xiangxiang need?
Xiangxiang needs roughly 36,334 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 799.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xiangxiang'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 Xiangxiang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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