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Yangshuo Air quality today
Air quality in Yangshuo currently reads AQI 51 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 51
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 70.7%
- trees in this area
- 211K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yangshuo County, Guilin, Guangxi, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yangshuo · AQI 51 (Moderate)
Yangshuo's tree count comes to 211,227 trees across 11.95 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yangshuo today: AQI 51, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Guilin and Hezhou
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
7.7
PM10
9.1
NO₂
2.1
O₃
112.0
SO₂
5.2
CO
259.0
- 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 Yangshuo's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 on Nov 5.
Where Yangshuo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yangshuo: Healthy tree cover
70.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.95 km² of land.
Trees in this area
211,227
Target trees
211,227
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yangshuo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yangshuo has lost about 1,380 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from October 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,380 haabout 1,900 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,120 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 21 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 323 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 40 ha | 4 ha | 43 ha |
| 2004 | 51 ha | 8 ha | 59 ha |
| 2005 | 76 ha | 7 ha | 84 ha |
| 2006 | 12 ha | 19 ha | 32 ha |
| 2007 | 71 ha | 10 ha | 81 ha |
| 2008 | 48 ha | 11 ha | 58 ha |
| 2009 | 53 ha | 7 ha | 60 ha |
| 2010 | 27 ha | 17 ha | 44 ha |
| 2011 | 54 ha | 2 ha | 56 ha |
| 2012 | 304 ha | 19 ha | 323 ha |
| 2013 | 17 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2014 | 41 ha | 13 ha | 54 ha |
| 2015 | 47 ha | 7 ha | 54 ha |
| 2016 | 53 ha | 16 ha | 68 ha |
| 2017 | 64 ha | 21 ha | 85 ha |
| 2018 | 47 ha | 25 ha | 72 ha |
| 2019 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2020 | 24 ha | 11 ha | 35 ha |
| 2021 | 15 ha | 26 ha | 41 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2023 | 10 ha | 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 10 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2025 | 5 ha | 14 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yangshuo?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good78% · 1,080 ha
- Loggingcan grow back18% · 251 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good3% · 42 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
- 20,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,100 ha
- Overall change
- −393 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yangshuo stayed about the same size, at about 20,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 400 hectares, and about 793 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 Yangshuo right now?
The latest reading for Yangshuo shows an AQI of 51 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 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 Yangshuo today?
At AQI 51 (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 Yangshuo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yangshuo's daily AQI at 49 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 72 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 Yangshuo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yangshuo has lost about 1,380 hectares of forest (about 1,900 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 21 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yangshuo stayed about the same size, at about 20,100 hectares: new forest grew on about 400 hectares, and about 793 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yangshuo?
Yangshuo has an estimated 211,227 trees across the 11.95 km² of land measured — 70.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yangshuo need?
Yangshuo has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Yangshuo'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 Yangshuo County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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