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Nay Pyi Taw Air quality today
Air quality in Nay Pyi Taw currently reads AQI 19 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
AQI 19
Air quality right now
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 3.6
- tree cover
- 64.2%
- trees in this area
- 200K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Zabu Thiri, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 13, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Nay Pyi Taw · AQI 19 (Good)
Nay Pyi Taw's tree count comes to 200,278 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.48 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Nay Pyi Taw today: AQI 19, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 15:30 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
3.6
PM10
3.7
NO₂
1.7
O₃
74.0
SO₂
1.4
CO
367.0
- 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 Nay Pyi Taw's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 27 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 81 on Nov 6.
Where Nay Pyi Taw stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Nay Pyi Taw: Healthy tree cover
64.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.48 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
200,278
Target trees
200,278
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Nay Pyi Taw lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nay Pyi Taw has lost about 71 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 71 haabout 100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 15%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 70 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2006, when about 15 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 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2006 | 14 ha | under 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2007 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2008 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 14 ha |
| 2009 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2010 | 10 ha | under 1 ha | 10 ha |
| 2011 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 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 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2020 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Nay Pyi Taw?
- Towns and roadscleared for good63% · 45 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good34% · 24 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown2.1% · 2 ha
Also: mining and energy.
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
- 4,700 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 6,300 ha
- Overall change
- +1,590 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nay Pyi Taw grew from about 4,700 hectares to 6,300 hectares, a net gain of about 1,590 hectares (+34%). New forest grew on about 1,880 hectares, while 287 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 Nay Pyi Taw right now?
The latest reading for Nay Pyi Taw shows an AQI of 19 (Good), observed Nov 11, 15:30 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 Nay Pyi Taw today?
At AQI 19 (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 Nay Pyi Taw been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Nay Pyi Taw's daily AQI at 46 on average, from 27 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 81 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 Nay Pyi Taw lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Nay Pyi Taw has lost about 71 hectares of forest (about 100 football pitches): 15% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (98%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Nay Pyi Taw grew from about 4,700 hectares to 6,300 hectares, a net gain of about 1,590 hectares (+34%). New forest grew on about 1,880 hectares, while 287 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Nay Pyi Taw?
Nay Pyi Taw has an estimated 200,278 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.48 km²) of land measured — 64.2% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Nay Pyi Taw need?
Nay Pyi Taw has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Nay Pyi Taw'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 Zabu Thiri; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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