City report · Lam Dong, Vietnam
Ðà Lạt Air quality today
Air quality in Ðà Lạt currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 6
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.0
- tree cover
- 23.9%
- trees in this area
- 73.3K
- more trees needed
- 18.7K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Xuan Huong - Da Lat, Lam Dong, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jul 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Ðà Lạt · AQI 6 (Good)
Ðà Lạt's tree count comes to 73,282 trees across 12.27 km² of land, 6 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 18,704 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Ðà Lạt today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 ground-station cities within 225 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 2 station cities within 225 km, e.g. Ho Chi Minh City and Ho Chi Minh City
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.0
PM10
2.5
NO₂
6.2
O₃
63.0
SO₂
2.2
CO
185.0
- 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 Ðà Lạt's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4.
Where Ðà Lạt stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Ðà Lạt: Below target
23.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.27 km² of land.
Trees in this area
73,282
Target trees
91,986
More trees needed
18,704
CO₂ if planted / yr
411.5 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Ðà Lạt lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ðà Lạt has lost about 1,200 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.1% 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 southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,200 haabout 1,700 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 7.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 1,180 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 24 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2008, when about 178 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2003 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2004 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 20 ha |
| 2005 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2006 | 21 ha | under 1 ha | 21 ha |
| 2007 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2008 | 177 ha | 1 ha | 178 ha |
| 2009 | 99 ha | 1 ha | 100 ha |
| 2010 | 107 ha | 1 ha | 108 ha |
| 2011 | 27 ha | 1 ha | 28 ha |
| 2012 | 135 ha | 1 ha | 136 ha |
| 2013 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2014 | 64 ha | under 1 ha | 64 ha |
| 2015 | 32 ha | under 1 ha | 32 ha |
| 2016 | 83 ha | under 1 ha | 83 ha |
| 2017 | 79 ha | 1 ha | 80 ha |
| 2018 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 47 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2020 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2021 | 38 ha | under 1 ha | 38 ha |
| 2022 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 30 ha |
| 2023 | 18 ha | 4 ha | 22 ha |
| 2024 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2025 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Ðà Lạt?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good76% · 914 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good12% · 138 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good11% · 129 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 18,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 18,400 ha
- Overall change
- −489 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ðà Lạt shrank from about 18,900 hectares to 18,400 hectares, a net loss of about 489 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 958 hectares, but 1,450 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 Ðà Lạt
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Đưc Trọng24.6 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 26%
- Air quality
- 11
- Huyện Lâm Hà28.7 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 65%
- Air quality
- 9
- Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm73.1 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 33%
- Air quality
- 30
- Cam Ranh78.1 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 32%
- Air quality
- 28
- Bảo Lộc82.0 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 46%
- Air quality
- 30
- Nha Trang88.3 km
Vietnam
- Tree cover
- 11%
- Air quality
- 26
Build your own
Compare Ðà Lạt with anywhere
This place
Ðà Lạt
Use this data
Put Ðà Lạt's numbers on your site
Free to embed. Updates itself as the measurement refreshes.
Frequently asked
Questions about Ðà Lạt
What is the air quality (AQI) in Ðà Lạt right now?
The latest reading for Ðà Lạt shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 10, 20:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 2 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 Ðà Lạt today?
At AQI 6 (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 Ðà Lạt been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Ðà Lạt's daily AQI at 25 on average, from 10 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 53 on Nov 4. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Ðà Lạt lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Ðà Lạt has lost about 1,200 hectares of forest (about 1,700 football pitches): 7.1% 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 24 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 57 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Ðà Lạt shrank from about 18,900 hectares to 18,400 hectares, a net loss of about 489 hectares (−2.6%). New forest grew on about 958 hectares, but 1,450 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Ðà Lạt?
Ðà Lạt has an estimated 73,282 trees across the 12.27 km² of land measured — 23.9% tree cover, 6 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Ðà Lạt need?
Ðà Lạt needs roughly 18,704 more trees to close a 6-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 411.5 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Ðà Lạt'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 Xuan Huong - Da Lat; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
See your own area
What does your neighborhood look like?
Pick any point and radius to get the same air-quality and tree-cover breakdown.
Check my address