City report · Gia Lai, Vietnam
Pleiku Air quality today
Air quality in Pleiku currently reads AQI 6 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 6
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 1.3
- tree cover
- 29.8%
- trees in this area
- 93.6K
- more trees needed
- 628
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Jun 20, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Pleiku · AQI 6 (Good)
Pleiku's tree count comes to 93,619 trees across 12.57 km², 0 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 628 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Pleiku today: AQI 6, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 12:00 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
1.3
PM10
1.4
NO₂
1.0
O₃
95.0
SO₂
1.5
CO
195.0
- 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 Pleiku's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 44 on Nov 5.
Where Pleiku stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Pleiku: Below target
29.8% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.57 km².
Trees in this area
93,619
Target trees
94,247
More trees needed
628
CO₂ if planted / yr
13.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Pleiku lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pleiku has lost about 357 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
2017: satellite photo from January 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 7 km south of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 357 haabout 500 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 8.1%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 273 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2023, when about 47 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 | 2 ha | 19 ha |
| 2002 | 6 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2003 | 11 ha | under 1 ha | 11 ha |
| 2004 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2005 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2006 | 2 ha | 5 ha | 7 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2008 | 6 ha | 3 ha | 9 ha |
| 2009 | 7 ha | 4 ha | 11 ha |
| 2010 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2011 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 3 ha |
| 2012 | 13 ha | 2 ha | 15 ha |
| 2013 | 1 ha | 6 ha | 7 ha |
| 2014 | 39 ha | 4 ha | 42 ha |
| 2015 | 8 ha | 9 ha | 17 ha |
| 2016 | 8 ha | under 1 ha | 8 ha |
| 2017 | 15 ha | 12 ha | 27 ha |
| 2018 | 18 ha | 16 ha | 34 ha |
| 2019 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
| 2020 | 14 ha | 1 ha | 15 ha |
| 2021 | 8 ha | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 2022 | 12 ha | under 1 ha | 12 ha |
| 2023 | 40 ha | 7 ha | 47 ha |
| 2024 | 11 ha | 2 ha | 13 ha |
| 2025 | 12 ha | 3 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Pleiku?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good70% · 250 ha
- Loggingcan grow back22% · 78 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good6.5% · 23 ha
Also: 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
- 10,800 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 11,600 ha
- Overall change
- +726 hamore forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pleiku grew from about 10,800 hectares to 11,600 hectares, a net gain of about 726 hectares (+6.7%). New forest grew on about 2,180 hectares, while 1,450 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 Pleiku right now?
The latest reading for Pleiku shows an AQI of 6 (Good), observed Nov 11, 12:00 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 Pleiku today?
At AQI 6 (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 Pleiku been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Pleiku's daily AQI at 19 on average, from 3 on Nov 11 to an hourly peak of 44 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 Pleiku lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Pleiku has lost about 357 hectares of forest (about 500 football pitches): 8.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (77%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Pleiku grew from about 10,800 hectares to 11,600 hectares, a net gain of about 726 hectares (+6.7%). New forest grew on about 2,180 hectares, while 1,450 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Pleiku?
Pleiku has an estimated 93,619 trees across the 12.57 km² measured — 29.8% tree cover, 0 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Pleiku need?
Pleiku needs roughly 628 more trees to close a 0-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 13.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Pleiku'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 2 km radius around Pleiku; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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