City report · Shandong, China
Zhoucun Air quality today
Air quality in Zhoucun currently reads AQI 96 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
AQI 96
Air quality right now
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 33.5
- tree cover
- 10.5%
- trees in this area
- 33.0K
- more trees needed
- 61.3K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Zouping, Binzhou, Shandong, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zhoucun · AQI 96 (Moderate)
Zhoucun's tree count comes to 32,987 trees across 12.57 km², 20 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 61,261 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zhoucun today: AQI 96, 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 · Zouping Huangshan Experimental Middle School, Zouping County (邹平县邹平黄山实验初中部), 6.6 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
33.5
PM10
44.8
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Environmental Protection Department of Shandong Province (山东省环境保护厅)
- 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 Zhoucun's daily AQI at 115 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 5.
Where Zhoucun stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zhoucun: Critically low
10.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
32,987
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
61,261
CO₂ if planted / yr
1,348 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zhoucun lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhoucun has lost about 12 hectares of forest (about 17 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from June 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 12 haabout 17 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 6.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 9 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2011, 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 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 Zhoucun?
- Towns and roadscleared for good52% · 6 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good23% · 3 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown24% · 3 ha
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
- 1,770 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,550 ha
- Overall change
- +776 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhoucun grew from about 1,770 hectares to 2,550 hectares, a net gain of about 776 hectares (+44%). New forest grew on about 802 hectares, while 26 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 Zhoucun right now?
The latest reading for Zhoucun shows an AQI of 96 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Zouping Huangshan Experimental Middle School, Zouping County (邹平县邹平黄山实验初中部), 6.6 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zhoucun today?
At AQI 96 (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 Zhoucun been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zhoucun's daily AQI at 115 on average, from 60 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 178 on Nov 5. On 5 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zhoucun lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zhoucun has lost about 12 hectares of forest (about 17 football pitches): 6.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (76%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zhoucun grew from about 1,770 hectares to 2,550 hectares, a net gain of about 776 hectares (+44%). New forest grew on about 802 hectares, while 26 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zhoucun?
Zhoucun has an estimated 32,987 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 10.5% tree cover, 20 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zhoucun need?
Zhoucun needs roughly 61,261 more trees to close a 20-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 1,348 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Zhoucun's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Zouping, 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 Zouping; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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