City report · Mon, Myanmar
Mawlamyine Air quality today
Air quality in Mawlamyine currently reads AQI 18 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 18
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.1
- tree cover
- 40.5%
- trees in this area
- 85.4K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Mawlamyine, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mawlamyine · AQI 18 (Good)
Mawlamyine's tree count comes to 85,374 trees across 3.3 sq mi (8.43 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mawlamyine today: AQI 18, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 04:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 115.0 mi (185 km), e.g. Yangon and Yangon
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
3.1
PM10
6.3
NO₂
6.3
O₃
46.0
SO₂
3.1
CO
283.0
- 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 Mawlamyine's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 37 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 109 on Nov 6.
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mawlamyine: Healthy tree cover
40.5% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.3 sq mi (8.43 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
85,374
Target trees
85,374
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mawlamyine lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mawlamyine has lost about 252 hectares of forest (about 350 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 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 southeast of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 252 haabout 350 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 251 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2018, when about 29 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2007 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2009 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2010 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2012 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2014 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2015 | 9 ha | under 1 ha | 9 ha |
| 2016 | 19 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2017 | 7 ha | under 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2018 | 29 ha | under 1 ha | 29 ha |
| 2019 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 18 ha |
| 2020 | 17 ha | under 1 ha | 17 ha |
| 2021 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2022 | 23 ha | under 1 ha | 23 ha |
| 2023 | 25 ha | under 1 ha | 25 ha |
| 2024 | 15 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2025 | 16 ha | under 1 ha | 16 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Mawlamyine?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good59% · 148 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good41% · 103 ha
Also: shifting farming, 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
- 5,010 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,910 ha
- Overall change
- −98 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mawlamyine stayed about the same size, at about 4,910 hectares: new forest grew on about 279 hectares, and about 377 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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Measured cities near Mawlamyine
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Thaton55.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 66%
- Air quality
- 14
- Kyauktan139.8 km
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- 39%
- Air quality
- 31
- Bago154.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 56%
- Air quality
- 23
- Mingaladon170.0 km
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- Tree cover
- 55%
- Air quality
- 38
- Hlaingthaya171.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 38
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Mawlamyine right now?
The latest reading for Mawlamyine shows an AQI of 18 (Good), observed Nov 11, 04:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mawlamyine today?
At AQI 18 (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 Mawlamyine been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mawlamyine's daily AQI at 55 on average, from 37 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 109 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 Mawlamyine lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mawlamyine has lost about 252 hectares of forest (about 350 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (over 99%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mawlamyine stayed about the same size, at about 4,910 hectares: new forest grew on about 279 hectares, and about 377 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mawlamyine?
Mawlamyine has an estimated 85,374 trees across the 3.3 sq mi (8.43 km²) of land measured — 40.5% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mawlamyine need?
Mawlamyine has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Mawlamyine'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 Mawlamyine; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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