City report · Shanxi, China
Yangquan Air quality today
Air quality in Yangquan currently reads AQI 156 (Unhealthy): Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
AQI 156
Air quality right now
Unhealthy
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 62.2
- tree cover
- 26.3%
- trees in this area
- 81.9K
- more trees needed
- 42.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kuangqu, Yangquan, Yangquan, 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.
Yangquan · AQI 156 (Unhealthy)
Yangquan's tree count comes to 81,880 trees across 12.46 km² of land, 14 points below the 40% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,652 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yangquan today: AQI 156, Unhealthy
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 · Píngtǎn, Yangquan (阳泉平坦), 1.4 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Everyone should limit long outdoor exertion; sensitive groups more so.
PM2.5
62.2
PM10
105.5
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
- 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 Yangquan's daily AQI at 75 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 155 on Nov 4.
Where Yangquan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yangquan: Below target
26.3% tree cover against a 40% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
81,880
Target trees
124,532
More trees needed
42,652
CO₂ if planted / yr
938.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yangquan lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yangquan has lost about 115 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 115 haabout 160 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 16%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 94 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 48 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 8 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 39 ha | 9 ha | 48 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 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 | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yangquan?
- Mining and energycleared for good60% · 69 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · 25 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 15 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, wildfires, 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
- 6,770 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 7,260 ha
- Overall change
- +491 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yangquan grew from about 6,770 hectares to 7,260 hectares, a net gain of about 491 hectares (+7.3%). New forest grew on about 775 hectares, while 284 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 Yangquan right now?
The latest reading for Yangquan shows an AQI of 156 (Unhealthy), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Píngtǎn, Yangquan (阳泉平坦), 1.4 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 Yangquan today?
At AQI 156 (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 Yangquan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yangquan's daily AQI at 75 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 155 on Nov 4. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yangquan lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yangquan has lost about 115 hectares of forest (about 160 football pitches): 16% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (82%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for mining and energy. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yangquan grew from about 6,770 hectares to 7,260 hectares, a net gain of about 491 hectares (+7.3%). New forest grew on about 775 hectares, while 284 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yangquan?
Yangquan has an estimated 81,880 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 26.3% tree cover, 14 percentage points short of the 40% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yangquan need?
Yangquan needs roughly 42,652 more trees to close a 14-point shortfall against its 40% tree-cover target — about 938.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yangquan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Kuangqu, 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 Kuangqu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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