City report · Rakhine, Myanmar
Kyaukpyu Air quality today
Air quality in Kyaukpyu currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.4
- tree cover
- 40.1%
- trees in this area
- 67.0K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Kyaukpyu, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of May 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Kyaukpyu · AQI 7 (Good)
Kyaukpyu's tree count comes to 67,020 trees across 2.6 sq mi (6.69 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Kyaukpyu today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:30 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
1.4
PM10
2.2
NO₂
1.5
O₃
51.0
SO₂
0.2
CO
170.0
- 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 Kyaukpyu's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 7 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 73 on Nov 5.
Where Kyaukpyu stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Kyaukpyu: Healthy tree cover
40.1% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 2.6 sq mi (6.69 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
67,020
Target trees
67,020
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Kyaukpyu lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyaukpyu has lost about 128 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 128 haabout 180 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.8%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 72 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2010, when about 45 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2002 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 31 ha | 15 ha | 45 ha |
| 2011 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2012 | 6 ha | 2 ha | 8 ha |
| 2013 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 4 ha | 5 ha | 9 ha |
| 2015 | 2 ha | 8 ha | 11 ha |
| 2016 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 6 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 2 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Kyaukpyu?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good49% · 63 ha
- Storms, floods and other natural causescan grow back21% · 27 ha
- Shifting farmingcan grow back17% · 22 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
- 3,380 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,320 ha
- Overall change
- −64 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyaukpyu stayed about the same size, at about 3,320 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 129 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 Kyaukpyu right now?
The latest reading for Kyaukpyu shows an AQI of 7 (Good), observed Nov 11, 01:30 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 Kyaukpyu 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 Kyaukpyu been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Kyaukpyu's daily AQI at 31 on average, from 7 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 73 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 Kyaukpyu lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Kyaukpyu has lost about 128 hectares of forest (about 180 football pitches): 3.8% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (56%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Kyaukpyu stayed about the same size, at about 3,320 hectares: new forest grew on about 65 hectares, and about 129 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Kyaukpyu?
Kyaukpyu has an estimated 67,020 trees across the 2.6 sq mi (6.69 km²) of land measured — 40.1% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Kyaukpyu need?
Kyaukpyu has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Kyaukpyu'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 Kyaukpyu; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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