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Air quality now: Pakokku

Myanmar · Magway · 2 cities

Air quality in Magway today The AQI right now, city by city

Right now, Pakokku has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Magway (AQI 19, Good), and Yenangyaung the worst (AQI 35, Good). Yenangyaung has the most tree cover, at 49.0% — #13 of 32 cities measured in Myanmar.

Every city is measured the same way, over the same 1.2 mi (2 km) around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.

cities tracked
2
average tree cover
48.5%
Myanmar: 44.4%
worst air now: Yenangyaung
35
cleanest air now: Pakokku
19

Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.

Magway

Air quality today across Magway, city by city

Current air quality and tree cover for cities in Magway, Myanmar
Pakokku19Good48.0%—#14 of 32
Yenangyaung35Good49.0%—#13 of 32

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 1.2 mi (2 km) of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Myanmar.

Deforestation · 2001–2025

How much forest has Magway lost?

Since 2001, Magway has lost about 68,800 hectares of forest (about 96,000 football pitches): 6.1% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to shifting farming, so much of it can grow back. About 31,100 hectares (45%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.

Forest lost since 2001
68,800 haabout 96,000 football pitches
Share of its forest
6.1%of what there was in 2000
Cleared for good
31,100 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Forest lost each year in Magway, 2001–2025

Hectares of forest lost each year

Forest lost each year in Magway, 2001–2025. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each year.5.12K

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Forest lost each year in Magway, 2001–2025
YearCleared for goodCan grow backTotal
2001295 ha206 ha501 ha
2002777 ha417 ha1,190 ha
20031,300 ha583 ha1,880 ha
20041,360 ha687 ha2,050 ha
20051,550 ha866 ha2,420 ha
20061,990 ha1,050 ha3,040 ha
20071,720 ha1,070 ha2,790 ha
20083,520 ha1,450 ha4,970 ha
20092,260 ha1,200 ha3,460 ha
20101,580 ha938 ha2,520 ha
20112,290 ha1,190 ha3,480 ha
20122,300 ha1,160 ha3,460 ha
20131,630 ha2,120 ha3,750 ha
20142,160 ha2,960 ha5,120 ha
2015770 ha2,190 ha2,960 ha
2016236 ha2,290 ha2,530 ha
2017443 ha2,620 ha3,060 ha
2018328 ha1,400 ha1,730 ha
2019472 ha1,660 ha2,130 ha
2020670 ha1,640 ha2,310 ha
2021405 ha1,680 ha2,090 ha
2022492 ha1,700 ha2,190 ha
20231,280 ha2,450 ha3,730 ha
2024756 ha2,560 ha3,320 ha
2025547 ha1,570 ha2,110 ha

Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 2,690 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 2,350 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2014, when about 5,120 hectares of forest were lost.

What is causing deforestation in Magway?

  • Shifting farmingcan grow back53% · 36,500 ha
  • Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good44% · 30,100 ha
  • Mining and energycleared for good1.3% · 862 ha

Also: towns and roads, wildfires, 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.

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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