Ban I Chang vs Dawei
Tree cover and air quality for both, measured the same way: Sentinel-2 imagery at 10 m detail over a 2 km radius from each city centre, and the live US EPA air quality index. Same radius and same index, so the two numbers compare directly.
Ban I Chang has more tree cover — 69.2% against 34.7%.
Ban I Chang has cleaner air right now — AQI 5 against 33.
- Tree cover gap
- 34.5 points
- Ban I Chang is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 28 AQI
- Ban I Chang is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 117K
- Ban I Chang has more standing.
Thailand
Myanmar
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
69.2%
34.7%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
5 · Good
33 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
217K
101K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
0
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
4.8M kg
2.2M kg
Air quality in detail
What each city is breathing
Concentrations in µg/m³, measured at the same moment as the index above. Lower is better in every row. Ban I Chang is read from nearby ground stations and Dawei is modelled — worth knowing, since the two are not quite like for like.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
1.2 µg/m³
5.9 µg/m³
The last week, day by day
A single reading can catch a city on a bad afternoon. The week says whether it was the weather or the place.
| Day | Ban I Chang | Dawei |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 38 | 22 |
| 23 Sept | 39 | 21 |
| 24 Sept | 40 | 24 |
| 25 Sept | 22 | 26 |
| 26 Sept | 18 | 26 |
| 27 Sept | 18 | 27 |
| 28 Sept | 20 | 32 |
Reading these numbers
What is actually being measured
Tree cover
The share of ground under canopy inside a 2 km radius of each city centre, read from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery at 10 m detail. It is a measurement of that circle, not of the whole municipality — which is exactly what makes the two comparable, since city boundaries are drawn to wildly different rules around the world. Ban I Chang leads here at 69.2%.
Air quality index
The live US EPA index, computed from current pollutant concentrations — ground stations where a city has them nearby, and a model everywhere else. It moves hour to hour, so this is a snapshot rather than a verdict on either place: Ban I Chang reads 5 (good) and Dawei reads 33 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Ban I Chang and Dawei, answered
Which has more trees, Ban I Chang or Dawei?
Ban I Chang, with roughly 217,398 trees inside its 2 km radius against 100,510. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Ban I Chang has the denser canopy at 69.2%.
Which has better air quality, Ban I Chang or Dawei?
Ban I Chang right now, at AQI 5 against 33 — a gap of 28 points. This is a live reading rather than an annual average, so it can reverse within a day.
How many more trees does each city need?
Ban I Chang needs about 0 more to reach its canopy target, and Dawei about 0. The target is the same share of ground for both, so the figures are directly comparable.
Are these two measured the same way?
Yes — that is the point of the page. Identical radius, identical satellite source at 10 m detail, and the same US EPA index for air. Nothing here is adjusted for population, city limits or climate, so the numbers describe the same-sized circle of ground in each place.
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