City report · Quang Ngai, Vietnam
Kon Tum Air quality today
Air quality in Kon Tum currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 7
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.3
- tree cover
- 16.5%
- trees in this area
- 51.4K
- more trees needed
- 42.0K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Kon Tum, Quang Ngai, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of May 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kon Tum · AQI 7 (Good)
Kon Tum's tree count comes to 51,370 trees across 12.46 km² of land, 13 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 42,030 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kon Tum today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.3
PM10
1.4
NO₂
1.4
O₃
91.0
SO₂
1.6
CO
206.0
- 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 Kon Tum's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 on Nov 5.
Where Kon Tum stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kon Tum: Critically low
16.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.46 km² of land.
Trees in this area
51,370
Target trees
93,400
More trees needed
42,030
CO₂ if planted / yr
924.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kon Tum lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kon Tum has lost about 3,430 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 65% 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 west of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 3,430 haabout 4,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 65%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 3,390 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 56 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 110 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2012, when about 626 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 24 ha | under 1 ha | 24 ha |
| 2002 | 80 ha | 3 ha | 83 ha |
| 2003 | 55 ha | under 1 ha | 55 ha |
| 2004 | 82 ha | under 1 ha | 83 ha |
| 2005 | 96 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2006 | 37 ha | under 1 ha | 37 ha |
| 2007 | 30 ha | under 1 ha | 31 ha |
| 2008 | 441 ha | 4 ha | 445 ha |
| 2009 | 397 ha | under 1 ha | 397 ha |
| 2010 | 235 ha | under 1 ha | 235 ha |
| 2011 | 85 ha | 13 ha | 98 ha |
| 2012 | 611 ha | 15 ha | 626 ha |
| 2013 | 48 ha | under 1 ha | 48 ha |
| 2014 | 93 ha | under 1 ha | 94 ha |
| 2015 | 251 ha | under 1 ha | 251 ha |
| 2016 | 98 ha | under 1 ha | 98 ha |
| 2017 | 136 ha | 1 ha | 137 ha |
| 2018 | 95 ha | under 1 ha | 96 ha |
| 2019 | 134 ha | 2 ha | 136 ha |
| 2020 | 80 ha | under 1 ha | 81 ha |
| 2021 | 52 ha | under 1 ha | 52 ha |
| 2022 | 78 ha | under 1 ha | 78 ha |
| 2023 | 34 ha | under 1 ha | 34 ha |
| 2024 | 72 ha | under 1 ha | 73 ha |
| 2025 | 45 ha | under 1 ha | 46 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kon Tum?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good98% · 3,360 ha
- Loggingcan grow back1.3% · 45 ha
Also: towns and roads, 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
- 9,910 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,700 ha
- Overall change
- +1,750 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kon Tum grew from about 9,910 hectares to 11,700 hectares, a net gain of about 1,750 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 5,010 hectares, while 3,260 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 Kon Tum right now?
The latest reading for Kon Tum shows an AQI of 7 (Good), observed Nov 11, 15:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Kon Tum today?
At AQI 7 (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 Kon Tum been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kon Tum's daily AQI at 18 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 51 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 Kon Tum lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kon Tum has lost about 3,430 hectares of forest (about 4,800 football pitches): 65% 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 56 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 110 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kon Tum grew from about 9,910 hectares to 11,700 hectares, a net gain of about 1,750 hectares (+18%). New forest grew on about 5,010 hectares, while 3,260 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kon Tum?
Kon Tum has an estimated 51,370 trees across the 12.46 km² of land measured — 16.5% tree cover, 13 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kon Tum need?
Kon Tum needs roughly 42,030 more trees to close a 13-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 924.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Kon Tum'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 Kon Tum; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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