City report · Hubei, China
Zaoyang Air quality today
Air quality in Zaoyang currently reads AQI 70 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 70
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 16.7
- tree cover
- 13.7%
- trees in this area
- 42.3K
- more trees needed
- 50.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 29, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zaoyang · AQI 70 (Moderate)
Zaoyang's tree count comes to 42,308 trees across 12.36 km² of land, 16 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 50,337 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zaoyang today: AQI 70, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Xiangyang and Suizhou
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
16.7
PM10
27.7
NO₂
1.7
O₃
89.0
SO₂
7.4
CO
308.0
- 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 Zaoyang's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 79 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 153 on Nov 5.
Where Zaoyang stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zaoyang: Critically low
13.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.36 km² of land.
Trees in this area
42,308
Target trees
92,645
More trees needed
50,337
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,107 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zaoyang lost?
There was very little forest around Zaoyang in 2000, about 21 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
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 | under 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 Zaoyang?
- Mining and energycleared for good20% · under 1 ha
- Loggingcan grow back20% · under 1 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 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
- 431 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 636 ha
- Overall change
- +205 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaoyang grew from about 431 hectares to 636 hectares, a net gain of about 205 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 217 hectares, while 12 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 Zaoyang right now?
The latest reading for Zaoyang shows an AQI of 70 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 12:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 225 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 Zaoyang today?
At AQI 70 (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 Zaoyang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zaoyang's daily AQI at 94 on average, from 79 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 153 on Nov 5. On 3 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zaoyang lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Zaoyang in 2000, about 21 hectares, and about 2 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zaoyang grew from about 431 hectares to 636 hectares, a net gain of about 205 hectares (+48%). New forest grew on about 217 hectares, while 12 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zaoyang?
Zaoyang has an estimated 42,308 trees across the 12.36 km² of land measured — 13.7% tree cover, 16 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zaoyang need?
Zaoyang needs roughly 50,337 more trees to close a 16-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,107 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zaoyang'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 Zaoyang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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