City report · Sichuan, China
Zigong Air quality today
Air quality in Zigong currently reads AQI 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups): Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
AQI 139
Air quality right now
Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 50.9
- tree cover
- 41.4%
- trees in this area
- 125K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Ziliujing District, Zigong, Sichuan, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 2, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Zigong · AQI 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups)
Zigong's tree count comes to 125,120 trees across 12.09 km² of land, already at or above the 35% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Zigong today: AQI 139, Unhealthy for sensitive groups
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 · 檀木林体育馆, Zigong (自贡檀木林体育馆), 2.1 km away
Health signal
Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
PM2.5
50.9
PM10
75.2
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Sichuan Province Environmental Protection Agency (四川省环保重点城市环境空气质量实时监测结果)
- 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 Zigong's daily AQI at 102 on average, from 70 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 168 on Nov 5.
Where Zigong stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Zigong: Healthy tree cover
41.4% tree cover against a 35% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.09 km² of land.
Trees in this area
125,120
Target trees
125,120
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Zigong lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zigong has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 8 haabout 11 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 5 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 4 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 | 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 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 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 Zigong?
- Towns and roadscleared for good42% · 3 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back24% · 2 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good21% · 2 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
- 9,330 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 9,450 ha
- Overall change
- +122 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zigong stayed about the same size, at about 9,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 278 hectares, and about 156 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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Questions about Zigong
What is the air quality (AQI) in Zigong right now?
The latest reading for Zigong shows an AQI of 139 (Unhealthy for sensitive groups), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by the 檀木林体育馆, Zigong (自贡檀木林体育馆) ground monitoring station, 2.1 km away, via OpenAQ. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Sensitive groups should limit long or intense outdoor activity.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Zigong today?
At AQI 139 (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 Zigong been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Zigong's daily AQI at 102 on average, from 70 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 168 on Nov 5. On 4 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Zigong lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Zigong has lost about 8 hectares of forest (about 11 football pitches): 1.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Zigong stayed about the same size, at about 9,450 hectares: new forest grew on about 278 hectares, and about 156 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Zigong?
Zigong has an estimated 125,120 trees across the 12.09 km² of land measured — 41.4% tree cover, already past the 35% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Zigong need?
Zigong has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Zigong's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Ziliujing 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 Ziliujing District; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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