City report · Ayeyarwady, Myanmar
Pathein Air quality today
Air quality in Pathein currently reads AQI 7 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 7
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.2
- tree cover
- 54.0%
- trees in this area
- 156K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Myoma Ward (Downtown), Myanmar (Burma) (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of May 4, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pathein · AQI 7 (Good)
Pathein's tree count comes to 155,565 trees across 4.5 sq mi (11.53 km²) of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pathein today: AQI 7, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 3 station cities within 102.5 mi (165 km), e.g. Yangon and Yangon
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
1.2
PM10
2.4
NO₂
2.3
O₃
59.0
SO₂
0.8
CO
210.0
- 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 Pathein's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 19 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 7.
Where Pathein stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pathein: Healthy tree cover
54.0% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.5 sq mi (11.53 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
155,565
Target trees
155,565
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pathein lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pathein has lost about 33 hectares of forest (about 46 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from February 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 33 haabout 46 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 3.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 26 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2016, when about 5 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2010 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2014 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2017 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2018 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 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 | 2 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2024 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pathein?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good61% · 20 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good20% · 7 ha
- Unknown causescause unknown19% · 6 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
- 3,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 3,070 ha
- Overall change
- +68 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pathein grew from about 3,000 hectares to 3,070 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 189 hectares, while 122 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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- Air quality
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- Mingaladon146.2 km
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- Air quality
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- Yangon151.6 km
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- Air quality
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- Air quality
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Pathein right now?
The latest reading for Pathein shows an AQI of 7 (Good), observed Nov 11, 05:30 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 3 ground-station cities within 165 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Pathein today?
At AQI 7 (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 Pathein been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pathein's daily AQI at 41 on average, from 19 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 78 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Pathein lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pathein has lost about 33 hectares of forest (about 46 football pitches): 3.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (81%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pathein grew from about 3,000 hectares to 3,070 hectares, a net gain of about 68 hectares (+2.3%). New forest grew on about 189 hectares, while 122 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pathein?
Pathein has an estimated 155,565 trees across the 4.5 sq mi (11.53 km²) of land measured — 54.0% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pathein need?
Pathein has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Pathein'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 Myoma Ward (Downtown); the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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