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Zhenping Air quality today

Air quality in Zhenping currently reads AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

AQI 115

Air quality right now

Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5
PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
41.4
tree cover
12.7%
trees in this area
39.9K
more trees needed
70.1K

Measured across a 2 km radius around Zhenping County, Henan, Nanyang, Henan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.

Zhenping · AQI 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)

Dark green marks tree cover detected inside the study radius.Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search, captured Sep 6, 2026

Zhenping's tree count comes to 39,898 trees across 12.57 km², 22 points below the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 70,058 more trees would close the gap.

Air quality detail

Air quality in Zhenping today: AQI 115, Unhealthy for sensitive groups

Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.

Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Pingdingshan and Luoyang

Health signal

Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

PM2.5

41.4

PM10

39.6

NO₂

21.5

O₃

67.0

SO₂

9.7

CO

535.0

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 Zhenping's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 89 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 5.

Last 7 daysavg 107 · peak 154
Nov 5: AQI 89 (peak 154)Nov 6: AQI 97 (peak 152)Nov 7: AQI 152 (peak 154)Nov 8: AQI 103 (peak 154)Nov 9: AQI 101 (peak 153)Nov 10: AQI 93 (peak 127)Nov 11: AQI 114 (peak 130)
Nov 5Nov 11

Where Zhenping stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest

Tree cover detail

Tree cover in Zhenping: Critically low

12.7% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².

22 points below target

Trees in this area

39,898

Target trees

109,956

More trees needed

70,058

CO₂ if planted / yr

1,541 t

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Zhenping lost?

There was almost no forest around Zhenping in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.

Satellite image of the area around Zhenping, August 2017

2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.

Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020

Forest in 2000
896 ha
Forest in 2020
1,210 ha
Overall change
+310 hamore forest than in 2000

Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhenping grew from about 896 hectares to 1,210 hectares, a net gain of about 310 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 312 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

In the same region

Measured cities near Zhenping

Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.

  • Nanyang

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    29.9 km
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    10%
    Air quality
    110
  • 41.2 km
    Tree cover
    15%
    Air quality
    159
  • Tanghe

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    68.5 km
    Tree cover
    11%
    Air quality
    104
  • 89.2 km
    Tree cover
    12%
    Air quality
    66
  • 110.6 km
    Tree cover
    14%
    Air quality
    97
  • Zaoyang

    China

    112.3 km
    Tree cover
    14%
    Air quality
    84

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Questions about Zhenping

What is the air quality (AQI) in Zhenping right now?

The latest reading for Zhenping shows an AQI of 115 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.

Is it safe to exercise outside in Zhenping today?

At AQI 115 (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 Zhenping been like this week?

Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zhenping's daily AQI at 107 on average, from 89 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 154 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

How much forest has the area around Zhenping lost since 2001?

There was almost no forest around Zhenping in 2000, so there has been almost nothing to lose 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 Zhenping grew from about 896 hectares to 1,210 hectares, a net gain of about 310 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 312 hectares, while 2 hectares were lost.

What is the tree count in Zhenping?

Zhenping has an estimated 39,898 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 12.7% tree cover, 22 percentage points short of the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.

How many more trees does Zhenping need?

Zhenping needs roughly 70,058 more trees to close a 22-point shortfall against its 35% tree-cover target — about 1,541 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.

How are Zhenping'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 Zhenping County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.

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