City report · Hubei, China
Yichang Air quality today
Air quality in Yichang currently reads AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Air quality right now
AQI 103
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 36.3
- tree cover
- 22.0%
- trees in this area
- 62.6K
- more trees needed
- 37.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xiling District, Yichang, 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.
Yichang · AQI 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Yichang's tree count comes to 62,618 trees across 11.39 km² of land, 13 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 37,002 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yichang today: AQI 103, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 22:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Bái lónggǎng, Yichang (宜昌白龙岗), 2.3 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
36.3
PM10
50.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hubei Environmental Protection Agency (湖北省环境保护厅)
- 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 Yichang's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 63 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 11.
Where Yichang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yichang: Below target
22.0% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.39 km² of land.
Trees in this area
62,618
Target trees
99,620
More trees needed
37,002
CO₂ if planted / yr
814.0 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yichang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yichang has lost about 256 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 256 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 248 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2012, when about 26 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 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2011 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 26 ha | under 1 ha | 26 ha |
| 2013 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2015 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2018 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2019 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2024 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2025 | 13 ha | 6 ha | 18 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yichang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good86% · 220 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good8.3% · 21 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.5% · 6 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
- 16,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 15,000 ha
- Overall change
- −948 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yichang shrank from about 16,000 hectares to 15,000 hectares, a net loss of about 948 hectares (−5.9%). New forest grew on about 210 hectares, but 1,160 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 Yichang right now?
The latest reading for Yichang shows an AQI of 103 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 22:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Bái lónggǎng, Yichang (宜昌白龙岗), 2.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Yichang today?
At AQI 103 (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 Yichang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yichang's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 63 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 11. On 2 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yichang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yichang has lost about 256 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 4.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yichang shrank from about 16,000 hectares to 15,000 hectares, a net loss of about 948 hectares (−5.9%). New forest grew on about 210 hectares, but 1,160 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yichang?
Yichang has an estimated 62,618 trees across the 11.39 km² of land measured — 22.0% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yichang need?
Yichang needs roughly 37,002 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 814.0 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yichang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xiling 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 Xiling District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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