City report · Pyongyang, North Korea
Man’gyŏngdae-ri Air quality today
Air quality in Man’gyŏngdae-ri currently reads AQI 67 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 67
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 15.0
- tree cover
- 29.7%
- trees in this area
- 68.6K
- more trees needed
- 693
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pyongyang, North Korea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 26, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Man’gyŏngdae-ri · AQI 67 (Moderate)
Man’gyŏngdae-ri's tree count comes to 68,579 trees across 9.24 km² of land, 0 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 693 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Man’gyŏngdae-ri today: AQI 67, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 185 km, e.g. Kaesŏng and Sinuiju
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
15.0
PM10
25.8
NO₂
5.3
O₃
66.0
SO₂
8.5
CO
435.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Man’gyŏngdae-ri's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 11.
Where Man’gyŏngdae-ri stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Man’gyŏngdae-ri: Below target
29.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 9.24 km² of land.
Trees in this area
68,579
Target trees
69,272
More trees needed
693
CO₂ if planted / yr
15.2 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Man’gyŏngdae-ri lost?
There was very little forest around Man’gyŏngdae-ri in 2000, about 67 hectares, and about 8 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 July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2006, when about 4 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 | under 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 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | 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 Man’gyŏngdae-ri?
- Loggingcan grow back55% · 4 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good24% · 2 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back6.4% · under 1 ha
Also: 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
- 817 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 993 ha
- Overall change
- +176 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Man’gyŏngdae-ri grew from about 817 hectares to 993 hectares, a net gain of about 176 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 197 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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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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Frequently asked
Questions about Man’gyŏngdae-ri
What is the air quality (AQI) in Man’gyŏngdae-ri right now?
The latest reading for Man’gyŏngdae-ri shows an AQI of 67 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 13:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Man’gyŏngdae-ri today?
At AQI 67 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Man’gyŏngdae-ri been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Man’gyŏngdae-ri's daily AQI at 65 on average, from 39 on Nov 8 to an hourly peak of 158 on Nov 11. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Man’gyŏngdae-ri lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Man’gyŏngdae-ri in 2000, about 67 hectares, and about 8 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 Man’gyŏngdae-ri grew from about 817 hectares to 993 hectares, a net gain of about 176 hectares (+22%). New forest grew on about 197 hectares, while 20 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Man’gyŏngdae-ri?
Man’gyŏngdae-ri has an estimated 68,579 trees across the 9.24 km² of land measured — 29.7% tree cover, 0 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Man’gyŏngdae-ri need?
Man’gyŏngdae-ri needs roughly 693 more trees to close a 0-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 15.2 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Man’gyŏngdae-ri'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 Pyongyang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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