City report · Ca Mau, Vietnam
Bạc Liêu Air quality today
Air quality in Bạc Liêu currently reads AQI 45 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 45
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.8
- tree cover
- 17.1%
- trees in this area
- 53.3K
- more trees needed
- 40.2K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bạc Liêu · AQI 45 (Good)
Bạc Liêu's tree count comes to 53,291 trees across 12.47 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 40,202 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bạc Liêu today: AQI 45, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 7 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Can Giuoc and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.8
PM10
11.3
NO₂
1.4
O₃
90.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
167.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bạc Liêu's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 39 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5.
Where Bạc Liêu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bạc Liêu: Critically low
17.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.47 km² of land.
Trees in this area
53,291
Target trees
93,493
More trees needed
40,202
CO₂ if planted / yr
884.4 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bạc Liêu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bạc Liêu has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 14 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (4.9%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 10 haabout 14 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 4.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- under 1 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2002, when about 6 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 | 6 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 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 | 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 Bạc Liêu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good4.9% · under 1 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back3.9% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown92% · 10 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
- 347 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 469 ha
- Overall change
- +122 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bạc Liêu grew from about 347 hectares to 469 hectares, a net gain of about 122 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 125 hectares, while 4 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 Bạc Liêu right now?
The latest reading for Bạc Liêu shows an AQI of 45 (Good), observed Nov 10, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 7 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bạc Liêu today?
At AQI 45 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Bạc Liêu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bạc Liêu's daily AQI at 48 on average, from 39 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 65 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bạc Liêu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bạc Liêu has lost about 10 hectares of forest (about 14 football pitches): 4.3% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (4.9%). Almost none of it was deforestation, meaning forest cleared for good. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bạc Liêu grew from about 347 hectares to 469 hectares, a net gain of about 122 hectares (+35%). New forest grew on about 125 hectares, while 4 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bạc Liêu?
Bạc Liêu has an estimated 53,291 trees across the 12.47 km² of land measured — 17.1% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bạc Liêu need?
Bạc Liêu needs roughly 40,202 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 884.4 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Bạc Liêu'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 Bac Lieu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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