City report · Hubei, China
Xianning Air quality today
Air quality in Xianning currently reads AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 107
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 37.9
- tree cover
- 26.9%
- trees in this area
- 83.6K
- more trees needed
- 25.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xian'An, Xianning, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 28, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xianning · AQI 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Xianning's tree count comes to 83,579 trees across 12.43 km² of land, 8 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 25,167 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xianning today: AQI 107, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · Xianning (咸宁), 200 m away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
37.9
PM10
69.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hubei Environmental Protection Agency (湖北省环境保护厅)
- 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 Xianning's daily AQI at 112 on average, from 75 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 176 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xianning: Below target
26.9% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.43 km² of land.
Trees in this area
83,579
Target trees
108,746
More trees needed
25,167
CO₂ if planted / yr
553.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xianning lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xianning has lost about 1,670 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 469 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2018: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,670 haabout 2,300 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 28%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 469 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 73 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 178 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 9 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2004 | 10 ha | 12 ha | 22 ha |
| 2005 | 19 ha | 14 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 ha |
| 2007 | 49 ha | 91 ha | 140 ha |
| 2008 | 40 ha | 138 ha | 178 ha |
| 2009 | 67 ha | 109 ha | 176 ha |
| 2010 | 38 ha | 48 ha | 86 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | 61 ha | 75 ha |
| 2012 | 43 ha | 91 ha | 134 ha |
| 2013 | 44 ha | 31 ha | 75 ha |
| 2014 | 18 ha | 30 ha | 49 ha |
| 2015 | 10 ha | 14 ha | 24 ha |
| 2016 | 14 ha | 47 ha | 60 ha |
| 2017 | 11 ha | 48 ha | 59 ha |
| 2018 | 4 ha | 28 ha | 32 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 52 ha | 63 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 56 ha | 59 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | 36 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 54 ha | 59 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 98 ha | 108 ha |
| 2024 | 29 ha | 85 ha | 114 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | 34 ha | 46 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xianning?
- Loggingcan grow back72% · 1,200 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good28% · 460 ha
Also: mining and energy, farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 13,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 12,200 ha
- Overall change
- −1,370 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xianning shrank from about 13,600 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 1,370 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 441 hectares, but 1,810 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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Frequently asked
Questions about Xianning
What is the air quality (AQI) in Xianning right now?
The latest reading for Xianning shows an AQI of 107 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Xianning (咸宁), 200 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xianning today?
At AQI 107 (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 Xianning been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xianning's daily AQI at 112 on average, from 75 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 176 on Nov 6. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xianning lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xianning has lost about 1,670 hectares of forest (about 2,300 football pitches): 28% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to logging, so much of it can grow back. About 469 hectares (28%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Forest loss is speeding up: about 73 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 55 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xianning shrank from about 13,600 hectares to 12,200 hectares, a net loss of about 1,370 hectares (−10%). New forest grew on about 441 hectares, but 1,810 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xianning?
Xianning has an estimated 83,579 trees across the 12.43 km² of land measured — 26.9% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xianning need?
Xianning needs roughly 25,167 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 553.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xianning's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xian'An, 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 Xian'An; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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