City report · Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Myeik Air quality today
Air quality in Myeik currently reads AQI 28 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 28
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.2
- tree cover
- 25.7%
- trees in this area
- 58.1K
- more trees needed
- 9.7K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Myeik, Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of May 5, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Myeik · AQI 28 (Good)
Myeik's tree count comes to 58,051 trees across 3.5 sq mi (9.04 km²) of land, 4 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 9,713 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Myeik today: AQI 28, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 5 station cities within 152.2 mi (245 km), e.g. Hua Hin and Wang Yen
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.2
PM10
3.8
NO₂
7.5
O₃
67.0
SO₂
6.7
CO
386.0
- 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 Myeik's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 28 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 5.
Where Myeik stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Myeik: Below target
25.7% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 3.5 sq mi (9.04 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
58,051
Target trees
67,764
More trees needed
9,713
CO₂ if planted / yr
213.7 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Myeik lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Myeik has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) 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 east of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 1,250 haabout 1,800 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 12%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 919 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 71 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 164 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 ha | 14 ha | 32 ha |
| 2002 | 29 ha | 22 ha | 50 ha |
| 2003 | 45 ha | 21 ha | 66 ha |
| 2004 | 32 ha | 18 ha | 51 ha |
| 2005 | 18 ha | 7 ha | 25 ha |
| 2006 | 47 ha | 15 ha | 62 ha |
| 2007 | 56 ha | 33 ha | 89 ha |
| 2008 | 30 ha | 21 ha | 52 ha |
| 2009 | 45 ha | 21 ha | 66 ha |
| 2010 | 23 ha | 13 ha | 36 ha |
| 2011 | 25 ha | 8 ha | 33 ha |
| 2012 | 15 ha | 8 ha | 23 ha |
| 2013 | 9 ha | 8 ha | 18 ha |
| 2014 | 85 ha | 15 ha | 100 ha |
| 2015 | 26 ha | 2 ha | 28 ha |
| 2016 | 95 ha | 69 ha | 164 ha |
| 2017 | 47 ha | 7 ha | 54 ha |
| 2018 | 27 ha | 3 ha | 29 ha |
| 2019 | 54 ha | 2 ha | 56 ha |
| 2020 | 47 ha | 4 ha | 51 ha |
| 2021 | 40 ha | 2 ha | 42 ha |
| 2022 | 10 ha | 6 ha | 17 ha |
| 2023 | 36 ha | 6 ha | 42 ha |
| 2024 | 36 ha | 3 ha | 39 ha |
| 2025 | 23 ha | 5 ha | 28 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Myeik?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good26% · 329 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good24% · 300 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good23% · 290 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming, wildfires, 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
- 11,500 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 10,600 ha
- Overall change
- −949 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Myeik shrank from about 11,500 hectares to 10,600 hectares, a net loss of about 949 hectares (−8.2%). New forest grew on about 188 hectares, but 1,140 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
In the same region
Measured cities near Myeik
Same 2 km radius, same index — so they compare directly.
- Hua Hin148.2 km
Thailand
- Tree cover
- 31%
- Air quality
- 58
- Dawei188.0 km
Myanmar
- Tree cover
- 37%
- Air quality
- 34
- Ban I Chang199.2 km
Thailand
- Tree cover
- 61%
- Air quality
- 67
- Nakhon Pathom219.1 km
Thailand
- Tree cover
- 38%
- Air quality
- 73
- Ban Samae Dam232.0 km
Thailand
- Tree cover
- 40%
- Air quality
- 60
- Bang Khae240.3 km
Thailand
- Tree cover
- 30%
- Air quality
- 58
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Myeik right now?
The latest reading for Myeik shows an AQI of 28 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 5 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Myeik today?
At AQI 28 (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 Myeik been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Myeik's daily AQI at 34 on average, from 28 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 59 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Myeik lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Myeik has lost about 1,250 hectares of forest (about 1,800 football pitches): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (74%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Forest loss is slowing down: about 33 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 71 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Myeik shrank from about 11,500 hectares to 10,600 hectares, a net loss of about 949 hectares (−8.2%). New forest grew on about 188 hectares, but 1,140 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Myeik?
Myeik has an estimated 58,051 trees across the 3.5 sq mi (9.04 km²) of land measured — 25.7% tree cover, 4 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Myeik need?
Myeik needs roughly 9,713 more trees to close a 4-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 213.7 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Myeik'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 Myeik; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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