City report · Fujian, China
Zhangzhou Air quality today
Air quality in Zhangzhou currently reads AQI 47 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 47
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.8
- tree cover
- 22.0%
- trees in this area
- 65.7K
- more trees needed
- 23.9K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 19, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zhangzhou · AQI 47 (Good)
Zhangzhou's tree count comes to 65,659 trees across 11.94 km² of land, 8 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 23,876 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zhangzhou today: AQI 47, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 105 km, e.g. Xiamen and Longyan
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
9.8
PM10
11.0
NO₂
14.4
O₃
103.0
SO₂
6.6
CO
301.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zhangzhou's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 47 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 149 on Nov 5.
Where Zhangzhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zhangzhou: Below target
22.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 11.94 km² of land.
Trees in this area
65,659
Target trees
89,535
More trees needed
23,876
CO₂ if planted / yr
525.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zhangzhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhangzhou has lost about 436 hectares of forest (about 610 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2018: satellite photo from December 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 436 haabout 610 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 19%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 274 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, when about 35 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2002 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2004 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 10 ha |
| 2005 | 23 ha | 11 ha | 34 ha |
| 2006 | 26 ha | 2 ha | 28 ha |
| 2007 | 12 ha | 5 ha | 17 ha |
| 2008 | 19 ha | 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 33 ha | 2 ha | 35 ha |
| 2010 | 20 ha | 15 ha | 35 ha |
| 2011 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2012 | 23 ha | 4 ha | 27 ha |
| 2013 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2014 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | 16 ha | 31 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 10 ha | 22 ha |
| 2018 | 3 ha | 27 ha | 30 ha |
| 2019 | 3 ha | 4 ha | 7 ha |
| 2020 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 7 ha | 9 ha |
| 2022 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2023 | 6 ha | 17 ha | 23 ha |
| 2024 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 9 ha |
| 2025 | 9 ha | 3 ha | 12 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Zhangzhou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good60% · 261 ha
- Loggingcan grow back37% · 161 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good2.8% · 12 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 6,020 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 5,210 ha
- Overall change
- −811 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhangzhou shrank from about 6,020 hectares to 5,210 hectares, a net loss of about 811 hectares (−13%). New forest grew on about 219 hectares, but 1,030 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 Zhangzhou right now?
The latest reading for Zhangzhou shows an AQI of 47 (Good), observed Nov 10, 18:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 105 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zhangzhou today?
At AQI 47 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Zhangzhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zhangzhou's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 47 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 149 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zhangzhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhangzhou has lost about 436 hectares of forest (about 610 football pitches): 19% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (63%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhangzhou shrank from about 6,020 hectares to 5,210 hectares, a net loss of about 811 hectares (−13%). New forest grew on about 219 hectares, but 1,030 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zhangzhou?
Zhangzhou has an estimated 65,659 trees across the 11.94 km² of land measured — 22.0% tree cover, 8 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zhangzhou need?
Zhangzhou needs roughly 23,876 more trees to close a 8-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 525.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zhangzhou'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 Xiangcheng District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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