City report · Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Monywa Air quality today
Air quality in Monywa currently reads AQI 52 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 52
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 9.0
- tree cover
- 43.9%
- trees in this area
- 102K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Monywa, 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.
Monywa · AQI 52 (Moderate)
Monywa's tree count comes to 101,644 trees across 3.6 sq mi (9.26 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Monywa today: AQI 52, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 01:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Model estimate · no ground station nearby
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
9.0
PM10
9.1
NO₂
4.5
O₃
29.0
SO₂
2.3
CO
436.0
- 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 Monywa's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 117 on Nov 6.
Where Monywa stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Monywa: Healthy tree cover
43.9% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.6 sq mi (9.26 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
101,644
Target trees
101,644
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Monywa lost?
There was very little forest around Monywa in 2000, about 29 hectares, and about 4 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 January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2014, 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 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 Monywa?
- Mining and energycleared for good39% · 1 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good36% · 1 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown25% · 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
- 1,860 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 2,570 ha
- Overall change
- +711 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Monywa grew from about 1,860 hectares to 2,570 hectares, a net gain of about 711 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 722 hectares, while 10 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 Monywa right now?
The latest reading for Monywa shows an AQI of 52 (Moderate), observed Nov 11, 01:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, 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 Monywa today?
At AQI 52 (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 Monywa been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Monywa's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 29 on Nov 10 to an hourly peak of 117 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 Monywa lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around Monywa in 2000, about 29 hectares, and about 4 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 Monywa grew from about 1,860 hectares to 2,570 hectares, a net gain of about 711 hectares (+38%). New forest grew on about 722 hectares, while 10 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Monywa?
Monywa has an estimated 101,644 trees across the 3.6 sq mi (9.26 km²) of land measured — 43.9% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Monywa need?
Monywa has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Monywa'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 Monywa; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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