City report · Liaoning, China
Yingkou Air quality today
Air quality in Yingkou currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 96
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.0
- tree cover
- 6.4%
- trees in this area
- 19.1K
- more trees needed
- 70.4K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xishi District, Yingkou, Liaoning, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 22, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yingkou · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Yingkou's tree count comes to 19,081 trees across 11.93 km² of land, 24 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 70,360 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yingkou today: AQI 96, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Yingkou (营口), 400 m away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.0
PM10
61.1
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Liaoning Provincial Environmental Monitoring (辽宁省环境保护厅), Liaoning Provincial Environmental Monitoring (辽宁省环境监测实验中心)
- 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 Yingkou's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 74 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 4.
Where Yingkou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yingkou: Critically low
6.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.93 km² of land.
Trees in this area
19,081
Target trees
89,441
More trees needed
70,360
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,548 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yingkou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yingkou has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6 haabout 8 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 4 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, 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 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 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 | 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yingkou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good72% · 4 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown22% · 1 ha
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
- 89 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 210 ha
- Overall change
- +121 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yingkou grew from about 89 hectares to 210 hectares, a net gain of about 121 hectares. New forest grew on about 123 hectares, while 2 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 Yingkou right now?
The latest reading for Yingkou shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Yingkou (营口), 400 m away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Yingkou today?
At AQI 96 (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 Yingkou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yingkou's daily AQI at 106 on average, from 74 on Nov 6 to an hourly peak of 169 on Nov 4. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yingkou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yingkou has lost about 6 hectares of forest (about 8 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yingkou grew from about 89 hectares to 210 hectares, a net gain of about 121 hectares. New forest grew on about 123 hectares, while 2 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yingkou?
Yingkou has an estimated 19,081 trees across the 11.93 km² of land measured — 6.4% tree cover, 24 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yingkou need?
Yingkou needs roughly 70,360 more trees to close a 24-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,548 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yingkou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Xishi 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 Xishi District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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