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Air quality in Chon Buri today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Si Racha has the cleanest air of the 3 cities we track in Chon Buri (AQI 51, Moderate), and Chon Buri the worst (AQI 64, Moderate). Si Racha has the most tree cover, at 39.0% — #7 of 31 cities measured in Thailand.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
Average right now
AQI 55
Moderate
- cities tracked
- 3
- average tree cover
- 25.1%
- Thailand: 32.7%
- worst air now: Chon Buri
- 64
- cleanest air now: Si Racha
- 51
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Chon Buri · average AQI 55
Air quality today across Chon Buri, city by city
| Chon Buri | 64Moderate | 22.3% | 18.7K | #26 of 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Si Racha | 51Moderate | 39.0% | — | #7 of 31 |
| Pattaya | 51Moderate | 14.1% | 33.2K | #30 of 31 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Thailand.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Chon Buri lost?
Since 2001, Chon Buri has lost about 15,400 hectares of forest (about 22,000 football pitches): 23% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (93%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for farms, pasture and plantations.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 15,400 haabout 22,000 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 23%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 14,300 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 94 ha | 7 ha | 101 ha |
| 2002 | 204 ha | 9 ha | 213 ha |
| 2003 | 162 ha | 32 ha | 194 ha |
| 2004 | 397 ha | 28 ha | 425 ha |
| 2005 | 238 ha | 51 ha | 289 ha |
| 2006 | 650 ha | 95 ha | 745 ha |
| 2007 | 708 ha | 48 ha | 756 ha |
| 2008 | 334 ha | 17 ha | 351 ha |
| 2009 | 680 ha | 32 ha | 712 ha |
| 2010 | 347 ha | 19 ha | 366 ha |
| 2011 | 483 ha | 28 ha | 511 ha |
| 2012 | 269 ha | 59 ha | 328 ha |
| 2013 | 281 ha | 17 ha | 298 ha |
| 2014 | 657 ha | 21 ha | 678 ha |
| 2015 | 819 ha | 38 ha | 857 ha |
| 2016 | 977 ha | 65 ha | 1,040 ha |
| 2017 | 1,210 ha | 54 ha | 1,260 ha |
| 2018 | 979 ha | 36 ha | 1,020 ha |
| 2019 | 901 ha | 66 ha | 967 ha |
| 2020 | 771 ha | 61 ha | 832 ha |
| 2021 | 685 ha | 52 ha | 737 ha |
| 2022 | 703 ha | 117 ha | 820 ha |
| 2023 | 724 ha | 45 ha | 769 ha |
| 2024 | 534 ha | 24 ha | 558 ha |
| 2025 | 471 ha | 61 ha | 532 ha |
Forest loss is slowing down: about 683 hectares a year in 2021–2025, down from 1,020 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2017, when about 1,260 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Chon Buri?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good83% · 12,700 ha
- Towns and roadscleared for good8.3% · 1,280 ha
- Loggingcan grow back5.9% · 903 ha
Also: mining and energy, shifting farming, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
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. How it's measured
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