City report · Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Meiktila Air quality today
Air quality in Meiktila currently reads AQI 36 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 36
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 6.5
- tree cover
- 56.9%
- trees in this area
- 119K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Meiktila, 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.
Meiktila · AQI 36 (Good)
Meiktila's tree count comes to 118,516 trees across 3.2 sq mi (8.33 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Meiktila today: AQI 36, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 16:30 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
6.5
PM10
6.6
NO₂
2.9
O₃
65.0
SO₂
2.0
CO
320.0
- 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 Meiktila's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 96 on Nov 6.
Where Meiktila stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Meiktila: Healthy tree cover
56.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.2 sq mi (8.33 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
118,516
Target trees
118,516
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Meiktila lost?
There was very little forest around Meiktila in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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.
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 | 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 Meiktila?
- Towns and roadscleared for good36% · under 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good9.1% · under 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown55% · under 1 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
- 2,030 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,640 ha
- Overall change
- +613 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Meiktila grew from about 2,030 hectares to 2,640 hectares, a net gain of about 613 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 616 hectares, while 3 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 Meiktila right now?
The latest reading for Meiktila shows an AQI of 36 (Good), observed Nov 11, 16:30 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 Meiktila today?
At AQI 36 (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 Meiktila been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Meiktila's daily AQI at 54 on average, from 36 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 96 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 Meiktila lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Meiktila in 2000, about 11 hectares, and about 1 hectare 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 Meiktila grew from about 2,030 hectares to 2,640 hectares, a net gain of about 613 hectares (+30%). New forest grew on about 616 hectares, while 3 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Meiktila?
Meiktila has an estimated 118,516 trees across the 3.2 sq mi (8.33 km²) of land measured — 56.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Meiktila need?
Meiktila has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Meiktila'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 Meiktila; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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