City report · Hunan, China
Yueyang Air quality today
Air quality in Yueyang currently reads AQI 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 119
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 42.8
- tree cover
- 25.3%
- trees in this area
- 60.5K
- more trees needed
- 23.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yueyanglou District, Yueyang, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yueyang · AQI 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Yueyang's tree count comes to 60,486 trees across 9.57 km² of land, 10 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,190 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yueyang today: AQI 119, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · Yueyang (岳阳), 3.8 km away · median of 3 stations
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
42.8
PM10
71.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Hunan Environmental Protection Agency (湖南省环境保护厅), China National Urban air quality real-time publishing platform (全国城市空气质量实时发布平台)
- 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 Yueyang's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 71 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 7.
Where Yueyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yueyang: Below target
25.3% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.57 km² of land.
Trees in this area
60,486
Target trees
83,676
More trees needed
23,190
CO₂ if planted / yr
510.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yueyang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yueyang has lost about 37 hectares of forest (about 51 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (65%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from November 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 37 haabout 51 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 11%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 24 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2007, when about 5 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2011 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2019 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yueyang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good63% · 23 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back26% · 9 ha
- Loggingcan grow back2.5% · under 1 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, 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
- 1,710 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 1,890 ha
- Overall change
- +179 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yueyang grew from about 1,710 hectares to 1,890 hectares, a net gain of about 179 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 282 hectares, while 103 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 Yueyang right now?
The latest reading for Yueyang shows an AQI of 119 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 3 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Yueyang (岳阳), 3.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Yueyang today?
At AQI 119 (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 Yueyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yueyang's daily AQI at 95 on average, from 71 on Nov 9 to an hourly peak of 159 on Nov 7. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yueyang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yueyang has lost about 37 hectares of forest (about 51 football pitches): 11% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (65%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yueyang grew from about 1,710 hectares to 1,890 hectares, a net gain of about 179 hectares (+10%). New forest grew on about 282 hectares, while 103 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yueyang?
Yueyang has an estimated 60,486 trees across the 9.57 km² of land measured — 25.3% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yueyang need?
Yueyang needs roughly 23,190 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 510.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Yueyang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Yueyanglou 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 Yueyanglou District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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