City report · Selangor, Malaysia
Rawang Air quality today
Air quality in Rawang currently reads AQI 75 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 75
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 22.1
- tree cover
- 38.6%
- trees in this area
- 118K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Pusat Bandar Rawang, 48000 Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Aug 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Rawang · AQI 75 (Moderate)
Rawang's tree count comes to 118,113 trees across 12.24 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Rawang today: AQI 75, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 23:00 local time via World Air Quality Index Project ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Batu Muda,Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, 16.8 km away · median of 4 stations
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
22.1
PM10
27.0
NO₂
—
O₃
—
SO₂
—
CO
—
Data: World Air Quality Index Project, Malaysia Department of Environment (DOE); Air Polluant Index Management System
- 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 Rawang's daily AQI at 92 on average, from 83 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 6.
This is the US EPA AQI. How it differs from Malaysia's API (IPU) · The full guide
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Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Rawang: Healthy tree cover
38.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.24 km² of land.
Trees in this area
118,113
Target trees
118,113
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Rawang lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rawang has lost about 6,470 hectares of forest (about 9,100 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from March 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area about 6 km southwest of the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 6,470 haabout 9,100 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 31%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 6,270 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 273 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 305 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2009, when about 728 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 197 ha | 2 ha | 199 ha |
| 2002 | 276 ha | 9 ha | 285 ha |
| 2003 | 151 ha | under 1 ha | 151 ha |
| 2004 | 383 ha | 1 ha | 384 ha |
| 2005 | 187 ha | 4 ha | 191 ha |
| 2006 | 208 ha | 9 ha | 217 ha |
| 2007 | 221 ha | 6 ha | 227 ha |
| 2008 | 73 ha | 2 ha | 76 ha |
| 2009 | 726 ha | 2 ha | 728 ha |
| 2010 | 182 ha | under 1 ha | 182 ha |
| 2011 | 152 ha | 8 ha | 160 ha |
| 2012 | 216 ha | under 1 ha | 216 ha |
| 2013 | 42 ha | under 1 ha | 42 ha |
| 2014 | 279 ha | 7 ha | 286 ha |
| 2015 | 229 ha | 4 ha | 233 ha |
| 2016 | 379 ha | 11 ha | 390 ha |
| 2017 | 354 ha | 14 ha | 368 ha |
| 2018 | 252 ha | 8 ha | 260 ha |
| 2019 | 362 ha | 3 ha | 365 ha |
| 2020 | 140 ha | 1 ha | 141 ha |
| 2021 | 261 ha | 83 ha | 344 ha |
| 2022 | 82 ha | 6 ha | 88 ha |
| 2023 | 334 ha | 6 ha | 340 ha |
| 2024 | 318 ha | 5 ha | 323 ha |
| 2025 | 267 ha | 4 ha | 271 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Rawang?
- Towns and roadscleared for good49% · 3,170 ha
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good29% · 1,860 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good19% · 1,250 ha
Also: logging, shifting farming, storms, floods and other natural causes, 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
- 22,000 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 21,600 ha
- Overall change
- −488 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rawang shrank from about 22,000 hectares to 21,600 hectares, a net loss of about 488 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 2,330 hectares, but 2,820 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 Rawang right now?
The latest reading for Rawang shows an AQI of 75 (Moderate), measured Nov 11, 23:00 local time by 4 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Batu Muda,Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia, 16.8 km away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Rawang today?
At AQI 75 (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 Rawang been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Rawang's daily AQI at 92 on average, from 83 on Nov 7 to an hourly peak of 165 on Nov 6. On 1 of those days the average was above 100, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Is Rawang's AQI the same as Malaysia's API (IPU)?
No. Airleaf shows the US EPA Air Quality Index (AQI), the scale used by IQAir and most air-quality apps. Malaysia's Department of Environment (Jabatan Alam Sekitar) publishes its own Air Pollutant Index, the API or Indeks Pencemar Udara (IPU), every hour for each of its monitoring stations on APIMS (apims.doe.gov.my). Both scales call 0–50 good and 51–100 moderate; above that the IPU runs 101–200 unhealthy, 201–300 very unhealthy and over 300 hazardous. The two use different breakpoints and averaging times, so the numbers for the same hour often differ. For the official IPU reading, check the nearest station on APIMS.
How much forest has the area around Rawang lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Rawang has lost about 6,470 hectares of forest (about 9,100 football pitches): 31% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (97%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 273 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 305 hectares a year in 2016–2020. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Rawang shrank from about 22,000 hectares to 21,600 hectares, a net loss of about 488 hectares (−2.2%). New forest grew on about 2,330 hectares, but 2,820 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Rawang?
Rawang has an estimated 118,113 trees across the 12.24 km² of land measured — 38.6% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Rawang need?
Rawang has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Rawang's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near Pusat Bandar Rawang, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. 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 Pusat Bandar Rawang; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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