Macau
2 km around St. Anthony's Parish
Air quality now
AQI 92
11.7%
tree cover
45.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
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Macao air quality today The AQI right now, city by city
Airleaf measures 1 city in Macao. Macau reads AQI 92 right now.
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Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Macao
Air quality in Macau right now
Moderate
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Macao lost?
Since 2001, Macao has lost about 39 hectares of forest (about 55 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 39 haabout 55 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 30 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2023 | 11 ha | 4 ha | 15 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
The worst year was 2023, when about 15 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Macao?
- Towns and roadscleared for good78% · 30 ha
- Loggingcan grow back21% · 8 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown1.3% · under 1 ha
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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Air quality in Macao: your questions answered
What is the air quality in Macao today?
Airleaf measures 1 city in Macao. Macau reads AQI 92 right now.
How much forest has Macao lost since 2001?
About 39 ha from 2001 to 2025, 12% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 30 ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
How does Airleaf measure air quality in Macao?
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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