City report · Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Dawei Air quality today
Air quality in Dawei currently reads AQI 35 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 35
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.6
- tree cover
- 37.2%
- trees in this area
- 108K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Dawei, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of May 8, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Dawei · AQI 35 (Good)
Dawei's tree count comes to 107,752 trees across 4.5 sq mi (11.59 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Dawei today: AQI 35, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 14:30 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 152.2 mi (245 km), e.g. Wang Yen and Mueang Nakhon Pathom District
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
6.6
PM10
6.5
NO₂
0.7
O₃
109.0
SO₂
2.9
CO
231.0
- 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 Dawei's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 15 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 8.
Where Dawei stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Dawei: Healthy tree cover
37.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.5 sq mi (11.59 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
107,752
Target trees
107,752
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Dawei lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dawei has lost about 3,670 hectares of forest (about 5,100 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) 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 5 km northwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,670 haabout 5,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,190 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 185 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 242 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 347 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 ha | 2 ha | 23 ha |
| 2002 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 41 ha | 11 ha | 52 ha |
| 2005 | 19 ha | 13 ha | 32 ha |
| 2006 | 64 ha | 14 ha | 78 ha |
| 2007 | 108 ha | 18 ha | 126 ha |
| 2008 | 53 ha | 10 ha | 62 ha |
| 2009 | 88 ha | 14 ha | 102 ha |
| 2010 | 98 ha | 16 ha | 114 ha |
| 2011 | 74 ha | 22 ha | 95 ha |
| 2012 | 214 ha | 133 ha | 347 ha |
| 2013 | 132 ha | 97 ha | 229 ha |
| 2014 | 116 ha | 48 ha | 164 ha |
| 2015 | 94 ha | 4 ha | 98 ha |
| 2016 | 186 ha | 7 ha | 193 ha |
| 2017 | 197 ha | 5 ha | 202 ha |
| 2018 | 215 ha | 3 ha | 218 ha |
| 2019 | 319 ha | 7 ha | 326 ha |
| 2020 | 259 ha | 11 ha | 270 ha |
| 2021 | 220 ha | 6 ha | 226 ha |
| 2022 | 199 ha | 10 ha | 209 ha |
| 2023 | 208 ha | 13 ha | 221 ha |
| 2024 | 143 ha | 14 ha | 157 ha |
| 2025 | 108 ha | 5 ha | 113 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Dawei?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good80% · 2,950 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back12% · 457 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.3% · 232 ha
Also: wildfires, mining and energy, 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
- 18,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 17,700 ha
- Overall change
- −611 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dawei shrank from about 18,300 hectares to 17,700 hectares, a net loss of about 611 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 599 hectares, but 1,210 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Nakhon Pathom202.1 km
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- Air quality
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- Bang Khae243.1 km
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- Air quality
- 57
- Ban Samae Dam243.3 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Dawei right now?
The latest reading for Dawei shows an AQI of 35 (Good), observed Nov 11, 14:30 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 Dawei today?
At AQI 35 (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 Dawei been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Dawei's daily AQI at 30 on average, from 15 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 62 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Dawei lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Dawei has lost about 3,670 hectares of forest (about 5,100 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (87%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 185 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 242 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Dawei shrank from about 18,300 hectares to 17,700 hectares, a net loss of about 611 hectares (−3.3%). New forest grew on about 599 hectares, but 1,210 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Dawei?
Dawei has an estimated 107,752 trees across the 4.5 sq mi (11.59 km²) of land measured — 37.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Dawei need?
Dawei has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Dawei'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 Dawei; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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