Bangkok vs Nong Chok
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.
Nong Chok has more tree cover — 61.8% against 11.2%.
Nong Chok has cleaner air right now — AQI 20 against 30.
- Tree cover gap
- 50.6 points
- Nong Chok is ahead.
- Air quality gap
- 10 AQI
- Nong Chok is cleaner.
- Trees between them
- 162K
- Nong Chok has more standing.
Tree cover
Share of the 2 km radius under canopy.
11.2%
61.8%
Air quality index
US EPA index, live, with its band. Lower is better.
30 · Good
20 · Good
Trees standing
Estimated from the measured canopy area.
31.9K
194K
Trees still needed
To reach the same canopy target. Fewer is better.
53.5K
0
CO₂ absorbed each year
By the trees already standing.
701K kg
4.3M 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. Both are read from nearby ground stations.
PM2.5
Fine particles, the pollutant that usually sets the index.
7.1 µg/m³
4.9 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 | Bangkok | Nong Chok |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Sept | 66 | 85 |
| 23 Sept | 92 | 94 |
| 24 Sept | 68 | 61 |
| 25 Sept | 28 | 40 |
| 26 Sept | 20 | 23 |
| 27 Sept | 21 | 17 |
| 28 Sept | 26 | 27 |
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. Nong Chok leads here at 61.8%.
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: Bangkok reads 30 (good) and Nong Chok reads 20 (good) right now.
Frequently asked
Bangkok and Nong Chok, answered
Which has more trees, Bangkok or Nong Chok?
Nong Chok, with roughly 194,150 trees inside its 2 km radius against 31,878. Tree cover tells a slightly different story from raw count: Nong Chok has the denser canopy at 61.8%.
Which has better air quality, Bangkok or Nong Chok?
Nong Chok right now, at AQI 20 against 30 — a gap of 10 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?
Bangkok needs about 53,510 more to reach its canopy target, and Nong Chok 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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