City report · Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Mandalay Air quality today
Air quality in Mandalay currently reads AQI 37 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 37
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 5.7
- tree cover
- 26.5%
- trees in this area
- 82.0K
- more trees needed
- 10.8K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Chanayethazan, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 16, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mandalay · AQI 37 (Good)
Mandalay's tree count comes to 82,003 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.38 km²) of land, 3 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 10,831 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mandalay today: AQI 37, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:30 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
5.7
PM10
6.0
NO₂
6.2
O₃
41.0
SO₂
2.8
CO
384.0
- 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 Mandalay's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6.
Where Mandalay stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mandalay: Below target
26.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.38 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
82,003
Target trees
92,834
More trees needed
10,831
CO₂ if planted / yr
238.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mandalay lost?
There was very little forest around Mandalay in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2001, when about 1 hectare 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mandalay?
- Towns and roadscleared for good21% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown86% · 2 ha
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
- 2,540 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,910 ha
- Overall change
- +365 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mandalay grew from about 2,540 hectares to 2,910 hectares, a net gain of about 365 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 385 hectares, while 20 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 Mandalay right now?
The latest reading for Mandalay shows an AQI of 37 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:30 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 Mandalay today?
At AQI 37 (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 Mandalay been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mandalay's daily AQI at 66 on average, from 39 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 152 on Nov 6. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Mandalay lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Mandalay in 2000, about 47 hectares, and about 3 hectares of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mandalay grew from about 2,540 hectares to 2,910 hectares, a net gain of about 365 hectares (+14%). New forest grew on about 385 hectares, while 20 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mandalay?
Mandalay has an estimated 82,003 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.38 km²) of land measured — 26.5% tree cover, 3 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mandalay need?
Mandalay needs roughly 10,831 more trees to close a 3-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 238.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mandalay'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 Chanayethazan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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