City report · Shanxi, China
Xinzhou Air quality today
Air quality in Xinzhou currently reads AQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 121
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 43.8
- tree cover
- 5.8%
- trees in this area
- 18.2K
- more trees needed
- 91.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xinfu District, Xinzhou, Xinzhou, Shanxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 23, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xinzhou · AQI 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Xinzhou's tree count comes to 18,221 trees across 12.57 km², 29 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 91,735 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xinzhou today: AQI 121, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · BDA, Xinzhou (忻州开发区), 4.8 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
43.8
PM10
60.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Shanxi Province Environmental Monitoring Center (山西省环境监测中心站网站首页)
- 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 Xinzhou's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 53 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 155 on Nov 10.
Where Xinzhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xinzhou: Critically low
5.8% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
18,221
Target trees
109,956
More trees needed
91,735
CO₂ if planted / yr
2,018 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xinzhou lost?
There was very little forest around Xinzhou in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 4 hectares of it has been lost 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.
The worst year was 2001, when about 2 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xinzhou?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 2 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good30% · 1 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good16% · under 1 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
- 101 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 264 ha
- Overall change
- +163 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xinzhou grew from about 101 hectares to 264 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+161%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, while 3 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 Xinzhou right now?
The latest reading for Xinzhou shows an AQI of 121 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is BDA, Xinzhou (忻州开发区), 4.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Xinzhou today?
At AQI 121 (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 Xinzhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xinzhou's daily AQI at 85 on average, from 53 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 155 on Nov 10. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xinzhou lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Xinzhou in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 4 hectares of it has been lost 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 Xinzhou grew from about 101 hectares to 264 hectares, a net gain of about 163 hectares (+161%). New forest grew on about 166 hectares, while 3 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xinzhou?
Xinzhou has an estimated 18,221 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 5.8% tree cover, 29 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xinzhou need?
Xinzhou needs roughly 91,735 more trees to close a 29-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 2,018 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xinzhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xinfu 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 Xinfu District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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