City report · Dak Lak, Vietnam
Buôn Ma Thuột Air quality today
Air quality in Buôn Ma Thuột currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 19
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.8
- tree cover
- 40.7%
- trees in this area
- 128K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Buôn Ma Thuột · AQI 19 (Good)
Buôn Ma Thuột's tree count comes to 127,863 trees across 12.57 km², already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Buôn Ma Thuột today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 4 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Dong Nai City and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.8
PM10
4.4
NO₂
2.5
O₃
89.0
SO₂
2.3
CO
229.0
- 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 Buôn Ma Thuột's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 48 on Nov 5.
Where Buôn Ma Thuột stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Buôn Ma Thuột: Healthy tree cover
40.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
127,863
Target trees
127,863
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Buôn Ma Thuột lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buôn Ma Thuột has lost about 827 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 8.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (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 north of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 827 haabout 1,200 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.9%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 823 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 29 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 56 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 146 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2003 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2004 | 43 ha | under 1 ha | 44 ha |
| 2005 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2006 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2007 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2009 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2010 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2011 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | 39 ha | under 1 ha | 39 ha |
| 2013 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2014 | 108 ha | 1 ha | 109 ha |
| 2015 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 43 ha |
| 2017 | 146 ha | under 1 ha | 146 ha |
| 2018 | 22 ha | under 1 ha | 22 ha |
| 2019 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2020 | 35 ha | under 1 ha | 36 ha |
| 2021 | 36 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2022 | 61 ha | under 1 ha | 62 ha |
| 2023 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Buôn Ma Thuột?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 687 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good16% · 132 ha
Also: mining and energy, 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
- 19,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,100 ha
- Overall change
- +1,210 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buôn Ma Thuột grew from about 19,900 hectares to 21,100 hectares, a net gain of about 1,210 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 3,010 hectares, while 1,800 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 Buôn Ma Thuột right now?
The latest reading for Buôn Ma Thuột shows an AQI of 19 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 4 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Buôn Ma Thuột today?
At AQI 19 (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 Buôn Ma Thuột been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Buôn Ma Thuột's daily AQI at 23 on average, from 10 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 48 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 Buôn Ma Thuột lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Buôn Ma Thuột has lost about 827 hectares of forest (about 1,200 football pitches): 8.9% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 29 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 56 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Buôn Ma Thuột grew from about 19,900 hectares to 21,100 hectares, a net gain of about 1,210 hectares (+6.1%). New forest grew on about 3,010 hectares, while 1,800 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Buôn Ma Thuột?
Buôn Ma Thuột has an estimated 127,863 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 40.7% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Buôn Ma Thuột need?
Buôn Ma Thuột has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Buôn Ma Thuột'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 Buon Ma Thuot; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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