City report · Shan State, Myanmar
Kēng Tung Air quality today
Air quality in Kēng Tung currently reads AQI 21 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 21
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 2.7
- tree cover
- 33.2%
- trees in this area
- 103K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Kyaing Tong, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Oct 25, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kēng Tung · AQI 21 (Good)
Kēng Tung's tree count comes to 103,362 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.46 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kēng Tung today: AQI 21, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 152.2 mi (245 km), e.g. Muang Tonpheung and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
2.7
PM10
1.6
NO₂
2.1
O₃
45.0
SO₂
1.2
CO
251.0
- 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 Kēng Tung's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 5 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 54 on Nov 5.
Where Kēng Tung stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kēng Tung: Healthy tree cover
33.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.46 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
103,362
Target trees
103,362
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kēng Tung lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kēng Tung has lost about 705 hectares of forest (about 990 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 705 haabout 990 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 9.2%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 417 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2009, 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 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2002 | 15 ha | 1 ha | 16 ha |
| 2003 | 9 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha |
| 2004 | 32 ha | 8 ha | 40 ha |
| 2005 | 15 ha | 11 ha | 25 ha |
| 2006 | 35 ha | 11 ha | 46 ha |
| 2007 | 37 ha | 25 ha | 62 ha |
| 2008 | 18 ha | 3 ha | 21 ha |
| 2009 | 101 ha | 45 ha | 146 ha |
| 2010 | 24 ha | 10 ha | 34 ha |
| 2011 | 10 ha | 3 ha | 13 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2013 | 17 ha | 13 ha | 30 ha |
| 2014 | 14 ha | 9 ha | 23 ha |
| 2015 | 14 ha | 13 ha | 27 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | 25 ha | 40 ha |
| 2017 | 12 ha | 18 ha | 29 ha |
| 2018 | 6 ha | 10 ha | 16 ha |
| 2019 | 8 ha | 16 ha | 24 ha |
| 2020 | 5 ha | 17 ha | 23 ha |
| 2021 | 5 ha | 9 ha | 15 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | 8 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 5 ha | 6 ha | 11 ha |
| 2024 | 9 ha | 14 ha | 23 ha |
| 2025 | 4 ha | 6 ha | 10 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kēng Tung?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good58% · 407 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back40% · 283 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good1.2% · 9 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
- 10,300 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,100 ha
- Overall change
- −215 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kēng Tung shrank from about 10,300 hectares to 10,100 hectares, a net loss of about 215 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 699 hectares, but 914 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 Kēng Tung right now?
The latest reading for Kēng Tung shows an AQI of 21 (Good), observed Nov 11, 03:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 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 Kēng Tung today?
At AQI 21 (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 Kēng Tung been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kēng Tung's daily AQI at 16 on average, from 5 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 54 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 Kēng Tung lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kēng Tung has lost about 705 hectares of forest (about 990 football pitches): 9.2% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (59%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kēng Tung shrank from about 10,300 hectares to 10,100 hectares, a net loss of about 215 hectares (−2.1%). New forest grew on about 699 hectares, but 914 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kēng Tung?
Kēng Tung has an estimated 103,362 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.46 km²) of land measured — 33.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kēng Tung need?
Kēng Tung has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kēng Tung'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 Kyaing Tong; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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