City report · Hubei, China
Xiulin Air quality today
Air quality in Xiulin currently reads AQI 59 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 59
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 14.4
- tree cover
- 19.0%
- trees in this area
- 52.2K
- more trees needed
- 30.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Shishou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xiulin · AQI 59 (Moderate)
Xiulin's tree count comes to 52,169 trees across 10.99 km² of land, 11 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 30,203 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xiulin today: AQI 59, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Jingzhou and Yueyang
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
14.4
PM10
27.3
NO₂
16.1
O₃
57.0
SO₂
17.0
CO
635.0
- 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 Xiulin's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 71 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 160 on Nov 5.
Where Xiulin stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xiulin: Below target
19.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 10.99 km² of land.
Trees in this area
52,169
Target trees
82,372
More trees needed
30,203
CO₂ if planted / yr
664.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xiulin lost?
There was very little forest around Xiulin in 2000, about 76 hectares, and about 8 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 October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2023, when about 3 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 | 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 | 2 ha | 2 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xiulin?
- Loggingcan grow back38% · 3 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good35% · 3 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good15% · 1 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 958 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,300 ha
- Overall change
- +340 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xiulin grew from about 958 hectares to 1,300 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 344 hectares, while 4 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 Xiulin right now?
The latest reading for Xiulin shows an AQI of 59 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 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 Xiulin 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 Xiulin been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xiulin's daily AQI at 105 on average, from 71 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 160 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xiulin lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Xiulin in 2000, about 76 hectares, and about 8 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 Xiulin grew from about 958 hectares to 1,300 hectares, a net gain of about 340 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 344 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xiulin?
Xiulin has an estimated 52,169 trees across the 10.99 km² of land measured — 19.0% tree cover, 11 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xiulin need?
Xiulin needs roughly 30,203 more trees to close a 11-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 664.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Xiulin'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 Shishou; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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