City report · Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Mokpo Air quality today
Air quality in Mokpo currently reads AQI 99 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 99
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 35.0
- tree cover
- 25.9%
- trees in this area
- 78.8K
- more trees needed
- 12.5K
Measured across a 2 km radius around Yongdang-dong, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 18, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Mokpo · AQI 99 (Moderate)
Mokpo's tree count comes to 78,763 trees across 12.17 km² of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 12,468 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Mokpo today: AQI 99, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 12, 00:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · 대불, 8.3 km away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
35.0
PM10
37.5
NO₂
34.8
O₃
22.8
SO₂
4.5
CO
486.9
Data: OpenAQ · Korea Air Ministry of Environment, Korea Environment Corporation · AirKorea
- 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 Mokpo's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 34 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 106 on Nov 6.
Where Mokpo stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Mokpo: Below target
25.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.17 km² of land.
Trees in this area
78,763
Target trees
91,231
More trees needed
12,468
CO₂ if planted / yr
274.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Mokpo lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mokpo has lost about 58 hectares of forest (about 82 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from August 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 58 haabout 82 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 2.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 39 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 8 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 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2006 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2007 | 5 ha | 3 ha | 8 ha |
| 2008 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | 3 ha | 4 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 2 ha | 7 ha | 8 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 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2021 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 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 Mokpo?
- Towns and roadscleared for good66% · 39 ha
- Loggingcan grow back28% · 16 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown5.2% · 3 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
- 4,250 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 4,240 ha
- Overall change
- −4 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mokpo stayed about the same size, at about 4,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 71 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 Mokpo right now?
The latest reading for Mokpo shows an AQI of 99 (Moderate), measured Nov 12, 00:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is 대불, 8.3 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Mokpo today?
At AQI 99 (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 Mokpo been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Mokpo's daily AQI at 47 on average, from 34 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 106 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 Mokpo lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Mokpo has lost about 58 hectares of forest (about 82 football pitches): 2.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (66%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Mokpo stayed about the same size, at about 4,240 hectares: new forest grew on about 67 hectares, and about 71 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Mokpo?
Mokpo has an estimated 78,763 trees across the 12.17 km² of land measured — 25.9% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Mokpo need?
Mokpo needs roughly 12,468 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 274.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Mokpo's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Yongdang-dong, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Yongdang-dong; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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