City report · Sichuan, China
Xuyong Air quality today
Air quality in Xuyong currently reads AQI 68 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 68
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 21.3
- tree cover
- 46.6%
- trees in this area
- 146K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xuyong County, Luzhou, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 9, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Xuyong · AQI 68 (Moderate)
Xuyong's tree count comes to 145,520 trees across 12.49 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Xuyong today: AQI 68, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 145 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 145 km, e.g. Luzhou and Yibin
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
21.3
PM10
20.7
NO₂
13.0
O₃
59.0
SO₂
18.9
CO
509.0
- 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 Xuyong's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 28 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 5.
Where Xuyong stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Xuyong: Healthy tree cover
46.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.49 km² of land.
Trees in this area
145,520
Target trees
145,520
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Xuyong lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xuyong has lost about 360 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (50%), after which forest can grow back. About 148 hectares (41%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 360 haabout 500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.7%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 148 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 40 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 | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 4 ha | 31 ha | 35 ha |
| 2008 | 8 ha | 27 ha | 35 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 12 ha | 19 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | 4 ha | 8 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 15 ha | 20 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | 16 ha | 36 ha |
| 2018 | 10 ha | 5 ha | 15 ha |
| 2019 | 6 ha | 6 ha | 12 ha |
| 2020 | 8 ha | 5 ha | 13 ha |
| 2021 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | 8 ha | 6 ha | 14 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 24 ha | 15 ha | 40 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 23 ha | 32 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Xuyong?
- Loggingcan grow back50% · 180 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good22% · 79 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good19% · 69 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
- 28,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 28,800 ha
- Overall change
- −21 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xuyong stayed about the same size, at about 28,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 107 hectares, and about 128 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 Xuyong right now?
The latest reading for Xuyong shows an AQI of 68 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 19:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 145 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 Xuyong today?
At AQI 68 (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 Xuyong been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Xuyong's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 28 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 85 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Xuyong lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Xuyong has lost about 360 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 1.7% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was logging (50%), after which forest can grow back. About 148 hectares (41%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Xuyong stayed about the same size, at about 28,800 hectares: new forest grew on about 107 hectares, and about 128 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Xuyong?
Xuyong has an estimated 145,520 trees across the 12.49 km² of land measured — 46.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Xuyong need?
Xuyong has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Xuyong'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 Xuyong County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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