City report · Hunan, China
Zhangjiajie Air quality today
Air quality in Zhangjiajie currently reads AQI 82 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 82
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 25.9
- tree cover
- 35.6%
- trees in this area
- 104K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zhangjiajie · AQI 82 (Moderate)
Zhangjiajie's tree count comes to 104,124 trees across 11.7 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zhangjiajie today: AQI 82, 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 · Yongding District, Zhangjiajie (张家界永定新区), 1.1 km away
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
25.9
PM10
28.1
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
- 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 Zhangjiajie's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 129 on Nov 10.
Where Zhangjiajie stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zhangjiajie: Healthy tree cover
35.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.7 km² of land.
Trees in this area
104,124
Target trees
104,124
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zhangjiajie lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhangjiajie has lost about 255 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 5 km northeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 255 haabout 360 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 211 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2024, when about 21 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2004 | 12 ha | 9 ha | 20 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2008 | 7 ha | 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2009 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 13 ha | 5 ha | 18 ha |
| 2011 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2016 | 20 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2017 | 13 ha | 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2018 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2020 | 4 ha | 2 ha | 6 ha |
| 2021 | 10 ha | 2 ha | 12 ha |
| 2022 | 11 ha | 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | 19 ha | 2 ha | 21 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zhangjiajie?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 154 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good14% · 36 ha
- Loggingcan grow back13% · 34 ha
Also: mining and energy, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 20,100 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 20,300 ha
- Overall change
- +234 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhangjiajie stayed about the same size, at about 20,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 546 hectares, and about 312 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 Zhangjiajie right now?
The latest reading for Zhangjiajie shows an AQI of 82 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the Yongding District, Zhangjiajie (张家界永定新区) ground monitoring station, 1.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zhangjiajie today?
At AQI 82 (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 Zhangjiajie been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zhangjiajie's daily AQI at 80 on average, from 65 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 129 on Nov 10. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zhangjiajie lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhangjiajie has lost about 255 hectares of forest (about 360 football pitches): 2.4% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (83%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhangjiajie stayed about the same size, at about 20,300 hectares: new forest grew on about 546 hectares, and about 312 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zhangjiajie?
Zhangjiajie has an estimated 104,124 trees across the 11.7 km² of land measured — 35.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zhangjiajie need?
Zhangjiajie has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Zhangjiajie's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Yongding 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 Yongding District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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