City report · Bago Region, Myanmar
Bago Air quality today
Air quality in Bago currently reads AQI 23 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 23
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.9
- tree cover
- 56.3%
- trees in this area
- 175K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Bago, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Bago · AQI 23 (Good)
Bago's tree count comes to 174,572 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.41 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Bago today: AQI 23, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 11:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 52.8 mi (85 km), e.g. Yangon and Yangon
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.9
PM10
7.5
NO₂
3.9
O₃
57.0
SO₂
3.2
CO
391.0
- 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 Bago's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 7.
Where Bago stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Bago: Healthy tree cover
56.3% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.41 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
174,572
Target trees
174,572
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Bago lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bago has lost about 860 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 860 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 27%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 857 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 26 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 145 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 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2006 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2007 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2008 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2010 | 31 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2011 | 76 ha | under 1 ha | 76 ha |
| 2012 | 144 ha | 1 ha | 145 ha |
| 2013 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 72 ha |
| 2014 | 70 ha | under 1 ha | 70 ha |
| 2015 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2017 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2018 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2019 | 33 ha | under 1 ha | 33 ha |
| 2020 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2021 | 40 ha | under 1 ha | 40 ha |
| 2022 | 51 ha | under 1 ha | 51 ha |
| 2023 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 45 ha |
| 2024 | 67 ha | under 1 ha | 67 ha |
| 2025 | 67 ha | 1 ha | 68 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Bago?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good90% · 775 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.5% · 73 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.1% · 9 ha
Also: 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
- 5,600 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,540 ha
- Overall change
- +933 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bago grew from about 5,600 hectares to 6,540 hectares, a net gain of about 933 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 1,280 hectares, while 344 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Bago
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Mingaladon61.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 55%
- Air quality
- 38
- Yangon68.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 61%
- Air quality
- 38
- Hlaingthaya69.7 km
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- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 38
- Kyauktan79.4 km
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- Tree cover
- 39%
- Air quality
- 31
- Thaton105.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 66%
- Air quality
- 14
- Hinthada114.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 59%
- Air quality
- 17
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Bago right now?
The latest reading for Bago shows an AQI of 23 (Good), observed Nov 11, 11:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 85 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Bago today?
At AQI 23 (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 Bago been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Bago's daily AQI at 53 on average, from 38 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 91 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Bago lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Bago has lost about 860 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 27% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is speeding up: about 54 hectares a year in 2021–2025, up from 26 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Bago grew from about 5,600 hectares to 6,540 hectares, a net gain of about 933 hectares (+17%). New forest grew on about 1,280 hectares, while 344 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Bago?
Bago has an estimated 174,572 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.41 km²) of land measured — 56.3% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Bago need?
Bago has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Bago'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 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Bago; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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