City report · Shaanxi, China
Xianyang Air quality today
Air quality in Xianyang currently reads AQI 180 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 180
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 96.2
- tree cover
- 15.2%
- trees in this area
- 44.9K
- more trees needed
- 73.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Qindu District, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 14, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xianyang · AQI 180 (Unhealthy)
Xianyang's tree count comes to 44,887 trees across 11.82 km² of land, 25 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 73,237 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xianyang today: AQI 180, Unhealthy
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Xianyang (咸阳), 1.1 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
96.2
PM10
125.7
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Shaanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Office (陕西省环保厅)
- 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 Xianyang's daily AQI at 141 on average, from 86 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 207 on Nov 5.
Where Xianyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xianyang: Critically low
15.2% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.82 km² of land.
Trees in this area
44,887
Target trees
118,124
More trees needed
73,237
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,611 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xianyang lost?
There was almost no forest around Xianyang 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 August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 237 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 485 ha
- Overall change
- +248 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xianyang grew from about 237 hectares to 485 hectares, a net gain of about 248 hectares (+105%). New forest grew on about 249 hectares, while 1 hectare 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 Xianyang right now?
The latest reading for Xianyang shows an AQI of 180 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Xianyang (咸阳), 1.1 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xianyang today?
At AQI 180 (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 Xianyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xianyang's daily AQI at 141 on average, from 86 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 207 on Nov 5. On 6 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xianyang lost since 2001?
There was almost no forest around Xianyang 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 Xianyang grew from about 237 hectares to 485 hectares, a net gain of about 248 hectares (+105%). New forest grew on about 249 hectares, while 1 hectare were lost.
What is the tree count in Xianyang?
Xianyang has an estimated 44,887 trees across the 11.82 km² of land measured — 15.2% tree cover, 25 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xianyang need?
Xianyang needs roughly 73,237 more trees to close a 25-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 1,611 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xianyang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Qindu 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 Qindu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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